After 19 hours... a person was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building in Weibdeh

Weather of Arabia - The rescue team of the Public Security Directorate managed, on Wednesday, to extricate a person alive from under the rubble of a collapsed residential building in the Weibdeh area of the capital, Amman, according to a brief statement by the Directorate.

A source confirmed to "Al-Mamlaka", on Wednesday, about testimonies indicating the presence of more than 10 people under the rubble of the building, and the search is underway to rescue them.

The Minister of State for Information Affairs, the official spokesman for the government, Faisal al-Shboul, indicated that "information about the presence of 10 people who are still under the rubble in the collapsed building in Weibdeh, including people who are alive."

He said that "Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh directed an investigation into the incident of the collapse of the building," stressing that "search operations are continuing at the site of the collapse of the Al-Weibdeh building."

“The nature of the place is rugged, the buildings are close together, and the corridors are narrow,” according to Shboul.

Civil Defense Director Hatem Jaber said that "more than 300 civil defense personnel participated in the search for those trapped under the rubble," explaining that "civil defense personnel will not rest until the last body is removed from under the rubble."

Al-Mamlaka's correspondent quoted the residents of Al-Amarah as saying that "the voice of one of those trapped under the ruins was heard," while "testimonials indicate that among the besieged a baby girl, a woman in her sixties, and a man."

The "Kingdom" correspondent confirmed that "civil defense cadres are trying to locate the source of the sound, which is likely to be a person in his forties under the rubble of the collapsed building," explaining that "large vehicles entered the site on Tuesday evening, including a crane."

The collapse of a residential building in the Al-Weibdeh area in the center of the capital, Amman, on Tuesday, led to the death of 5 people and the injury of 14 others, in an unending toll, as the search for survivors continues among the rubble.

The Civil Defense Directorate spoke to "Al-Mamlaka" about the presence of people trapped among the rubble, and the "Kingdom" correspondent quoted the Civil Defense Directorate as saying: "There are voices of neighborhoods under the building, and work is underway to save them."

When the building collapsed, it housed between 10 and 20 people, according to Al-Mamlaka correspondent.

Rescuers are working to remove the rubble manually due to the lack of space and the inability of heavy machinery to arrive due to the nature of the ocean, which prolongs the search and rescue process, according to the "Kingdom" correspondent.

A drone was used to monitor the surroundings of the collapsed building, and search and rescue personnel used dogs to search for and rescue the injured.