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11 People in a South African building collapse have been found and rescued alive, Find out all that took place and how the tragedy in South Africa.
One man managed to call his wife from beneath the rubble, the five-story building that had been under construction when it collapsed Monday, helping rescuers locate him.
More than 100 emergency services and other personnel worked through the night, using sniffer dogs to try to locate workers. Large cranes and other heavy lifting equipment were brought in to help with the rescue effort, and tall spotlights were erected to allow search-and-rescue personnel to work in the dark.
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Colin Deiner, head of the provincial Western Cape disaster management services, said a critical part of the rescue operation came when they ordered everyone to remain quiet and shut off machinery so they could listen for any survivors. That’s when they located the 11 workers, he said.
“We were hearing people through the rubble,” Deiner said.
Six workers have been confirmed dead and there are fears that the death count could rise sharply. There is no news on 37 other people unaccounted for amid the huge slabs of concrete and metal scaffolding that came crashing down when the building collapsed in the city of George, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Cape Town. South Africa is going through tension.
Twenty-one other workers were rescued from the site and taken to various hospitals, with at least 11 of them suffering severe injuries, the George municipality said.
Several local hospitals were making space in their trauma units in anticipation that more construction workers might be brought out alive. More than 50 emergency responders had also been brought in overnight from other towns and cities to help.
Family and friends of the workers had gathered at the nearby municipal offices and were being supported by social workers, the George municipality said.
Authorities were starting investigations into what caused the tragedy, and a criminal case was opened by police, but there was no immediate information on why the building suddenly collapsed. CCTV footage from a nearby home showed the concrete structure and metal scaffolding collapsing at 2.09 p.m. Monday, causing a plume of dust to rise over the neighborhood. South Africa is going through tension.
CCTV footage from a nearby home showed the concrete structure and metal scaffolding collapsing at 2.09 p.m. local time on Monday, causing a plume of dust to rise over the neighborhood. People came streaming out of other buildings after the collapse, with some of them screaming and shouting.
Authorities declined to give out any information on the construction company involved but said that under city law, the private company’s engineers were responsible for the safety of the building site until its completion when it would be handed over to the city to check and clear.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa released a statement offering his condolences to the families of the victims and also called for investigations into the cause of the collapse.
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