Rescue workers have turned their efforts to stairwells and parking areas of a collapsed construction site to find 39 missing workers. (Luke Daniel/News24)
Rescue workers have moved to a new search area at the scene of the collapsed five-storey construction site in George, Western Cape.
On Wednesday, rescuers focused their efforts on a section of the building’s parking lot where building plans indicated potential voids where survivors could be trapped.
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