MEDIA STATEMENT: Update on Building Collapse, Victoria Street – George (7 May, 20:30)
A multi-disciplinary rescue team of more than 200 emergency services personnel are continuing to conduct rescue operations and as of 19:40 this evening, 7 May 2024, seven (7) patients have been declared deceased.
Thirty-three (33) patients have been removed from the rubble of the collapsed multi-story construction site at 75 Victoria Street, leaving 42 persons unaccounted for.
Seventy-five (75) construction workers were present on the site at the time of the collapse which occurred at 14:09 on Monday 6 May and the rescue operation is now approaching 30 hours as of 20:00 today, 7 May.
An update will be issued at 21:00, 7 May 2024 – South African Time.
Photograph Credit: Herman Pieters, GRDM Communications