Amman, Sept 13 (AFP\/APP): The bodies of two people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan’s capital Tuesday, authorities said, adding that 14 more were rescued but others remained trapped.<\/p>\n
Security spokesman Amer al-Sartawy told state television that the latest toll from the collapse was two deaths, after one was initially reported, adding that fourteen others were injured.<\/p>\n
“Rescue teams pulled a second body from underneath the rubble” of the collapsed building in Amman’s Jabal al-Weibdeh district, he said.<\/p>\n
Civil defence forces were being supported by teams from the regional security command and the gendarmerie, he said, adding that efforts to save more were ongoing.<\/p>\n
A source at the civil defence service said there remained “a number of people trapped in the collapsed building”, without providing an exact figure.<\/p>\n
Rescue workers could be seen digging through the collapsed rubble as emergency vehicles gathered outside the site of the accident.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh inspected the damaged building along with the ministers of interior, health and information, an AFP correspondent said.<\/p>\n
Government spokesman Faisal al-Shaboul told reporters at the site that Khasawneh had ordered the mayor of Amman and other officials to investigate the cause of the collapse.<\/p>\n
Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister Tawfiq Kreishan told state television that “among the reasons for the collapse of the building are that it is old and dilapidated”.<\/p>\n
Surrounding buildings were being evaluated, he added.
\nA judicial source speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP that the prosecution had launched a probe into the accident.<\/p>\n
Jabal al-Weibdeh is among the oldest districts of Amman, dating back to the early 20th century and inhabited by a large number of expatriates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amman, Sept 13 (AFP\/APP): The bodies of two people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan’s capital Tuesday, authorities said, adding that 14 more were rescued but others remained trapped. Security spokesman Amer al-Sartawy told state television that the latest toll from […]<\/p>\n
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