Earthquake rocks Philippine airport

A strong earthquake in the north Philippines has trapped people in a collapsed building, damaged an airport terminal and knocked out power.

About20peoplewererescued, some with injuries, from the small building which collapsed in Porac town, north of Manila, when the 6.1-magnitude quake jolted the capital and outlying provinces. Amongthosetrappedwere customers and employees of a grocery on the building’s ground floor.

Rescuers were struggling to extricate people from the building in the dark because the quake toppled electrical posts and knocked out power in the area, while there were unconfirmed reports at least eight people had died.

Clark airport was closed temporarily because of damaged ceilings and parts of the departure area.