Watch as rescue efforts proceed after six individuals have been killed and dozens left trapped when a constructing beneath development collapsed in South Africa.
Groups labored via the evening looking for dozens of development employees buried beneath the rubble of concrete after a multi-story residence advanced that was being constructed collapsed on Monday 6 Could within the coastal metropolis of George.
Greater than 100 emergency personnel and different responders have been on the scene, utilizing sniffer canines to attempt to find the employees, a few of whom have been feared buried beneath big slabs of concrete that fell on them when the five-storey constructing got here down.
Giant cranes and different heavy lifting gear have been delivered to the positioning to assist with the rescue effort and tall spotlights have been erected to permit search and rescue personnel to work via the evening.
There have been 75 employees on the development website when the constructing collapsed, the George municipality stated. It added three groups of rescuers have been working at separate websites across the collapsed constructing the place they believed development employees have been prone to be.
Authorities stated early Tuesday that 49 employees remained unaccounted for within the mangled wreckage of the constructing, whereas 21 had been rescued.