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Beneath the rubble of a collapsed house, a Chilean rescue team and their search dog identified a sign of life. According to the fire department, these are indications of a person who is breathing.
According to The British Guardian, signs of a heart rate between 18 and 19 beats per minute have been found. According to the Lebanese media, two bodies were found under the rubble. Beirut Governor Marwan Abbud told the dpa news agency that there may be a survivor.
The Guardian quotes Youseef Malah, who is involved in rescue work: “99 percent of the time there is nothing. But even if we only have 1 percent hope, we have to keep looking.” In fact, the chances of surviving the summer heat for such a long period are negligible.
Search work continued after dark until late at night, but was then interrupted. The helpers tried to break through the rubble from above, he said. However, the destroyed walls would have moved and could collapse. No risk should be taken. The army had given instructions to halt the rescue efforts. They are to be continued with a crane on Friday morning.
Some outraged eyewitnesses expressed their displeasure at the interruption of rescue work. They demanded the immediate use of a crane and shouted “What a shame.”
Only the ground floor of the house has been preserved
At night, headlights illuminated the site where the three-story house had collapsed in the Beirut district of Dschemmeiseh. Only the ground floor of the building remains, the upper floors have almost completely collapsed. The building is only a few hundred meters from the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut.
At least 190 people died and more than 6,000 were injured in the August 4 disaster. The port and much of the surrounding residential areas were severely damaged. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, seven people were missing until recently.
