An alarm has been raised in Jordan after the collapse of a four-story building in Amman, as eight dead have been identified so far, while an infant was recovered alive after 24 hours.
As reported by Agence France-Presse, the public security service said that “rescuers recovered two more bodies tonight, the death toll now stands at eight.”
The previous count was six dead and ten trapped in the ruins of this building, in the Jabal al-Weibdeh district. Almost 24 hours after the tragedy, rescuers managed to retrieve alive a 4-month-old infant and a 45-year-old man.
Because the streets in this district, one of the oldest in Amman, are very narrow, it is not possible for heavy machinery to approach the site and all the debris is removed by hand, under the anxious gaze of the relatives of those trapped.
As part of the investigation that has already been launched by prosecutors, the arrest of three people was ordered, two of whom were involved in the renovation work carried out in the building and the third is the manager of the apartment building, the official Petra agency reported.
King Abdullah, from Paris where he is making an official visit, asked “to continue every possible effort to rescue the trapped”, as announced by the palace.
The area has been cordoned off by police who are preventing residents of the neighborhood from approaching the scene so as not to hinder search and rescue operations.
Source: News Beast
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