Everyone trapped inside collapsed Durban CBD building rescued – paramedics
KwaZulu-Natal paramedics on Tuesday said that all people who were trapped inside a collapsed building in the Durban CBD were rescued.
One person died when the veranda of the Noor Chambers building came crashing down earlier on Tuesday morning.
KwaZulu-Natal: One dead multiple injured, many believed to be trapped in structural collapse in Durban central https://t.co/z6SbUI947x#ArriveAlive #StructuralCollapse @Netcare911_sa pic.twitter.com/Pk5jpliZfb
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 9, 2020
Life EMS operations manager Leon Fourie said that seven people were taken to hospital, while eight others were treated on the scene.
Fourie said that everyone who was trapped inside the building was rescued.
“There is no one at this moment who is trapped inside the building. SAPS Search and Rescue K9 Unit searched the building to make sure we haven’t missed anyone,” he said.
#DurbanCollapse: Life Response’s Leon Fourie gives an update to this morning’s incident where the veranda of a building in the Durban CBD collapsed. @NkoRaphael pic.twitter.com/Nz3jakYJF4
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) June 9, 2020
Police and the Department of Employment and Labour were investigating the cause of the collapse.
Source: EWN
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