22 people still missing as S.Africa building collapse death toll rises

Johannesburg: The death toll from the collapse of a building in South Africa has risen to 30, with another 22 people still missing, authorities said M...

Johannesburg: The death toll from the collapse of a building in South Africa has risen to 30, with another 22 people still missing, authorities said Monday, a week after the structure came crashing down.

Rescuers pulled ten more bodies from the rubble at the site in the southern city of George, city officials said.

Rescue teams have worked tirelessly since the five-storey apartment block, which was under construction, suddenly collapsed last Monday.

Eighty-one people, mostly construction workers, were at the site at the time.

Twenty-nine people have been rescued so far.