Dozens trapped in deadly building collapse in South Africa
Four people were confirmed killed and dozens remained trapped after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in the South African city of George.
The building crumbled at 14:09 local time, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said.
He added that “Seventy-five members of the construction crew have been confirmed on site at that time of the incident.”
A statement by the municipality of George, a coastal city east of Cape Town, also clarified that twenty-four people were rescued from the site and sent to hospitals.
It explained further that about fifty-one people remained trapped as rescue efforts intensified to remove them from the collapsed structure.
The provincial government disclosed that police and rescue teams with sniffer dogs have been dispatched to the site.
George Mayor Leon van Wyk told SABC that the rescue operation is going to be a lengthy exercise and probably going to go right through the night.
He commiserates with the families and all those affected who continue to wait for word of their loved ones.
