Karachi, July 5 -- The death toll resulting from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi rose to more than 17, as more bodies were recovered by authorities from the debris, a spokesperson of the state-owned rescue organisation Rescue 1122 said.
"The life detection equipment indicates that at least 10 people are still alive under the rubble. We're working urgently but carefully to rescue them," Hassaan Ul Haseeb Khan, the operation's spokesperson, told Xinhua from the site.
Rescue teams, equipped with five disaster response vehicles, two snorkels, several ambulances, cranes, and lifters, reached the site shortly after receiving distress calls, and over 100 personnel are actively ...