About 50 rescue workers and volunteers, including a specialist team from Chile, had worked for three days to locate anyone after sensors on Thursday detected signs of breathing and heat. The signs of life detected in the past two days, Lermanda said, were breaths of fellow rescuers already inside the building picked up by their sensitive equipment. “We never stop until the job is done.”The Aug. 4 blast killed about 190 people, injured 6,000 more, and devastated whole neighbourhoods. Work was slow, rescue workers said earlier in the day, as the badly damaged building was at risk of complete collapse. Workers used shovels and their hands to dig, while mechanical diggers and a crane lifted heavy debris.

Source: bd News24 September 05, 2020 20:03 UTC