George building collapse: 22 workers rescued and taken to various hospitals

Twenty-two of the workers who were trapped when a multistorey building under construction in George collapsed have been rescued and transported to hospitals throughout the Western Cape. The George municipality, in an update at 6pm on Monday, said the building had collapsed at 2pm with a construction crew of about 70 on site. Disaster service teams from George and the Garden Route district municipality were involved in the rescue operation. The municipality said 53 emergency personnel were on their way from the Cape Town and Worcester disaster services.