Emergency services are holding out hope that a woman, believed to be trapped under the rubble of the Whalan townhouse that exploded on Saturday, is still alive.
Emergency services are holding out hope that a woman, believed to be trapped under the rubble of a western Sydney townhouse that exploded on Saturday, is still alive.rattled windows in suburbs over 10 kilometres away
Rescuers go through the debris of the Whalan townhouse that exploded on Saturday. A woman is yet to be located.“It’s too early to rule out the fact that they couldn’t be , and wherever there’s any chance, we’ll continue this operation as a rescue effort,” Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell said on Sunday morning. “The crews have done amazing work, and have made great progress. From what I saw last night, to what I see this morning, it’s a very noticeable difference.
“Our urban search and rescue experts are looking or those spaces where someone might be found – whether that is lifting parts of the slab up to gain access, or drilling holes through the slabs or other pieces of debris and then inserting search cameras and putting those cameras into those spaces and checking them out for any signs of missing person.”
“There are small pockets and areas that are caused by the different parts of the building structure falling on top of each other, and so the crews are working their way through those.”
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