RESCUE OPERATION CONTINUES AT BUILDING COLLAPSE SITE
Rescue workers have been working through the night on Friday to try to found bodies which may still be trapped under the debris of an under-construction building which collapsed in Baku four day ago.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Tural Museyibov, said extra heavy equipment has been brought to the site.
Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov,
Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov, Governor of Yasamal district Ibrahim Mehdiyev and commander of civil defense forces Etibar Huseynov are at the area to oversee rescue and investigation efforts.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations issued a special phone number for relatives of those missing: 512-90-01
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