Jordan building collapse kills five

Agencies | Amman

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The bodies of five people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan’s capital yesterday, authorities said, adding that 14 more were rescued but others remained trapped. Security spokes man Amern 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.

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. A source at the civil defence service said there remained “a number of people trapped in the collapsed building”, without providing an exact figure.