Rescue workers reported on Tuesday making contact with 11 people under the rubble in a race to save dozens still unaccounted for after a building collapsed in George killing at least seven.
Thirty-three people have been pulled out of the debris of the five-storey apartment block, which caved in Monday afternoon while under construction, municipal authorities said.
Seven of those have died, authorities said.
Forty-two people were still unaccounted for, including the 11 with whom contact had been established, the authorities said.
With the second night of rescue work underway,…
