Rescue teams in South Africa continued their efforts on Monday to find more survivors as the d3ath toll rose to 32, a week after the collapse of an apartment building under construction.
Hopes were lifted over the weekend when one of the construction workers was found alive after six days without food and water in the rubble of the building in the city of George on the country’s south coast.
However, the death toll also continued to rise, with authorities reporting that at least 11 more bodies were recovered from the debris on Monday.
Another 20 workers are still missing, raising the possibility that the d3ath toll could ultimately climb above 50 in one of South Africa’s d3adliest building collapses.
More than 600 emergency services and other personnel have been involved in the search for survivors in the wreckage of the unfinished five-story building, which collapsed on May 6.
There were 81 workers on the site when it collapsed, and 29 have been pulled out alive, the city said.
It added that 12 of them remained in the hospital, without giving details of their condition. The city has previously stated that many of the survivors were in critical condition when they were found.
Source Zimlive
