George building collapse: SAPS investigations past the halfway mark
- A total of 32 people are confirmed dead and 62 others remain missing after the collapse of a 30-storey building in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
- The building collapsed on March 28 due to an 8.2-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar, trapping over a hundred workers inside.
- Search teams have recovered two additional bodies in Zone C, bringing the total fatalities to 32, as discovered on April 11.
- Rescue efforts have been ongoing, with teams discovering blinking lights thought to be from a survivor's phone, but no vital signs have been detected.
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Search for survivors continues as fatalities rise in Bangkok building collapse
Hope remains for two potential survivors trapped beneath the wreckage of a collapsed government building in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, as two additional bodies were recovered following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar on March 28.
George building collapse police probe 65% complete: Premier Winde - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says the police investigation into the George building collapse disaster is 65% complete. He met with the Provincial Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile to receive an update on the investigation. 34 people died in the tragedy in May last year. At the end of January, the Premier handed over the report containing the structural engineering findings from the independent investigation commissioned by the Western C…
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