News24 | George building collapse: Heavy machinery, cranes roll in to assist with ‘slow, careful’ rescue

Rescuers have retrieved 37 people with 38 others still under the rubble. (Supplied/George Municipality)

Rescuers have retrieved 37 people with 38 others still under the rubble. (Supplied/George Municipality)

Heavy machinery and cranes have made their way to the site at which a multi-storey development, under construction, collapsed in George. 

Search and rescue operations continued through Wednesday, yielding little results.

Thirty-eight people are still unaccounted. Eight deaths have been reported. 

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