George Municipality has confirmed that as of 19:32 tonight, eight people retrieved from the rubble of the George Neo Victoria multi-storey apartment block are deceased.
At the time of publishing, 37 people had been retrieved. Of these, eight are deceased, 16 are critical, six have life-threatening injuries and seven have minor injuries.Rescue efforts will continue overnight and the emergency response team is using stronger concrete breakers and additional trucks to remove building rubble from the site to free those still trapped.An update will be issued by 15:00 tomorrow.Just after 19:00, George Herald reported that a whistle was blown.
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