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George building collapse death toll rises to 33

Rescue teams in George have recovered another body from the rubble of a collapsed five-storey building, pushing the death toll to 33.

The partially built building caved in on 81 workers eight days ago.

Rescue efforts are still underway to find the 19 other trapped construction workers.

The George Municipality’s, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe: “Rescue workers and other role players have been on-site of the collapsed building for 193 hours. The confirmed statistics for the incident are: rescued and recovered – 62, of which 33 people have passed away; 27 of them are male and six of them are females.”

-EWN

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