BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SANDTON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL; DOG LOOKING THROUGH COLLPASED SCAFFOLDING; EMERGENCY OFFICIAL SPEAKING

Record ID: 893799

  • Title: BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SANDTON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL; DOG LOOKING THROUGH COLLPASED SCAFFOLDING; EMERGENCY OFFICIAL SPEAKING
  • Date: 26th August 1997
  • Summary: BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SANDTON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL; DOG LOOKING THROUGH COLLPASED SCAFFOLDING; EMERGENCY OFFICIAL SPEAKING
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  • City: JOHANNESBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 97AUG26R02
  • Story Text:BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SANDTON

    01:04:11 FIRE BRIGADE CRANE AND SCAFFOLDING
    01:00:14 M/S RESCUE PERSONNEL
    00:48:13 CITY EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICIAL TIM DE WITT SAYS: "OUR WORKERS WERE WORKING ON THE 6TH STOREY SCAFFOLDING ON THE NORTHERN FACADE, FIXING THE FACADE'S STONE TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHEN THE STRUCTURE COLLAPSED. WE DO HAVE FOUR FATALITIES AND SIX PERSONS CRITICALLY INJURED AND FIVE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. AT THE MOMENT WE'RE NOT TOO SURE HOW MANY PERSONS WE STILL HAVE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH."
    00:01:09 C/S COLLAPSED SCAFFOLDING
    00:16:19 C/S FIRE ENGINE
    00:22:16 M/S EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
    00:38:00 EMERGENCY VEHICLES
    01:03:03 EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PEER THROUGH SCAFFOLDING
    01:14:12 W/S BUILDING, CRANE AND SCAFFOLDING
    01:19:11 CRANE MOVING WITH FIREMAN
    01:26:10 PEOPLE LOOKING OUT OF BUILDING
    01:36:09 EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
    03:06:14 DOG SEARCHING FOR MISSING BUILDERS AMONG DEBRIS
    04:58:02 EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
    05:17:08 EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ENTER BUILDING
    05:36:03 PERSONNEL LOOK THROUGH COLLPASED SCAFFOLDING
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