- Title: Drone footage shows rescue efforts after deadly South Africa building collapse
- Date: 7th May 2024
- Summary: GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA (MAY 6, 2024) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) DRONE VIEW OF RESCUERS WORKING THROUGH RUBBLE OF COLLAPSED BUILDING (MUTE) (SOUNDBITE) (English) WESTERN CAPE CHIEF OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT, COLIN DIENER SAYING: “We’re pretty happy at the moment, we just got 3 live ones out so…very chuffed about that at the moment so…”. GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA (MAY 7, 2024) (REUTERS) DRONE VIEW OF RESCUERS WORKING THROUGH RUBBLE (MUTE) GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA (MAY 6, 2024) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) WESTERN CAPE CHIEF OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT, COLIN DIENER SAYING: “At the moment what we're doing is we're focusing on the areas where we've actually been hearing people, so we've got very sophisticated equipment that we can tap into them. And at the moment that's where the focus lies. It's going to get more and more difficult as the days go on, because we're going to have to start lifting the structures off, so that’s when we’re going to have to start bringing out cranes. But at the moment we've got areas we focus on [which has] quite a few more alive people, it’s the most I’ve ever seen in a structural collapse like this.” DRONE VIEW OF RESCUERS WORKING THROUGH RUBBLE (MUTE)
- Embargoed: 21st May 2024 08:54
- Keywords: Accidents Building Collapse Disaster George South Africa
- Location: GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA
- City: GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: Africa,Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA001054507052024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Rescuers searched through the debris of a multi-storey building collapse in the South African city of George that left four people dead and dozens still trapped early on Tuesday (May 7).
Twenty-four construction workers who were at the site of the unfinished building when it collapsed have been removed from the rubble so far, while 51 remained unaccounted for, the municipality of George, a coastal city east of Cape Town, said in a statement.
Four among the rescued have been declared dead as of 5:15 a.m. (0315 GMT), it said. A drone view of the site showed rescue workers removing debris in a bid to reach those still under the rubble.
CCTV footage obtained by Reuters showed a cloud of dust as the building crumbled on Monday afternoon.
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