First body recovered in Durban structure collapse
UPDATE: Officials say all three bodies have now been recovered.
Rescuers have recovered the first body from underneath a section of a building that collapsed in Jacobs - south of Durban this afternoon.
They still need to get two others out from underneath the structure.
The sound of machinery filled the once quiet road of Chamberlain Road in the Bluff, south of Durban.
It's believed that the roof and walls of a two-storey building collapsed - pinning an unknown number of construction workers underneath it.
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In a four-hour operation using hydraulic tools, emergency services could be seen sawing and drilling through the huge amount of plaster and concrete to try and get the bodies of the workers out.
An industrial crane is on scene to assist in the recovery process.
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