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2010-03-10 |
AMMONNEWS - Amal Ghabayen - UPDATE - The bodies of five construction workers were pulled from under the rubble of the 7-storey building that collapsed earlier on Wednesday in Bayader Wadi Seer western Amman.
Spokesperson of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) Major Muhammad Khatib said that the bodies of four Jordanian workers and one Egyptian national were pulled from under the rubble of the collapsed building and sent to the state-run Al Bashir Hospital.
Search and rescue operations are still ongoing to find the remaining people still trapped under the rubble.
The Public Prosecutor Wednesday night apprehended the contractor working on the collapsed Bayader building, which collapsed Wednesday morning, along with his wife, since she is the owner of the contractor firm responsible for the building.
Over 750 personnel from various defense departments are working around the clock in search and rescue missions to rescue a number of people trapped under the rubble in the collapse of a 7-storey building in Bayder Wadi Seer.
Spokesman of the Civil Defense Department (CDD) Colonel Fareed Al Shar' said that "the risk for people trapped under the rubble is increasing with every minute that passes, as large numbers of personnel are working to rescue them using specialized equipment."
EARLIER REPORT
A 7-storey building under construction collapsed suddenly Wednesday morning in Wadi Al Seer district in southwestern Amman. Search and rescue operations were still ongoing until after sunset to evacuate 13 people still trapped under the rubble.
Since Wednesday morning, Civil Defense and Rescue cadres have been working to rescue people injured as a result of the collapse of the building under construction near the Health Center in Bayader Wadi Al Seer, which resulted in the injury of several people who where transported to hospitals in the area, Public Security Director spokesman, Major Muhammad Khatib said.
Khatib told 'Ammon News' that the collapsed building consists of 7 floors, 3 of which are underground (basement), and had suddenly collapsed in full, and added that 6 children who were nearby were injured and transported to the hospital.
Civil Defense Department (CDD) Press office said that a foreign national worker was rescued from under the rubble and suffered broken bones and bruises and is in moderate condition after being taken to the hospital.
Informed sources told 'Ammon News' that 13 people are still under the rubble, meanwhile, reports and eye witnesses confirmed that there have been deaths in the accident, but officials have not announced the names yet.
The building under construction has been licensed since 2007; security officials began investigations and questioning of the contractor, Engineer 'Muhammad H.," Ammon News learned. Meanwhile, initial investigation results revealed that the cause of the collapse is technical faults in the building which belongs to the owner 'Asad A.'
On his part, Director of Media Affairs and Spokesman of the Civil Defense Department (CDD), Colonel Fareed Al Shar' said the skeletal structure of the 7-story building collapsed as a result of the nature of the location it is built on, noting that it is built on earthy soil ground.
6 people have already been rescued and transported to the Sports City Hospital.
Minister of Interior Nayef Qadi, PSD Director Major General Mazen Qadi and CDD Director Major General Abdullah Hamadneh supervised the search and rescue missions, in addition to Amman Mayor Omar Maani.
Public Security Directorate (PSD), Civil Defense teams and specialized cadres from Greater Amman Municipality have been participating in the search and rescue missions since Wednesday morning.
Um Hassan, who lives in the house adjacent to the collapsed building, said that four children from her family have been injured in the collapse when rubble collapsed on their house and destroyed parts of her home.
Um Hassan told 'Ammon News' that she was having breakfast with her daughters-in-law and eight of her grandchildren when they heard noises from the adjacent building under construction, which she noted they had gotten used to hearing.
She added that after less than a minute they heard and felt the total collapse of the building, as rubble collapsed on the room they were eating in, adding that they were trapped in the room until a neighbor broke the safety metal net outside one of the windows.
Four children and a woman were injured in the neighboring house and all were transferred to the hospital.
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3/11/2010 2:55:23 PM |
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disaster caused by irresponsiblty |
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