Emergency services are holding out hope that a woman, believed to be trapped under the rubble of the Whalan townhouse that exploded on Saturday, is still alive.
Emergency services are holding out hope that a woman, believed to be trapped under the rubble of a western Sydney townhouse that exploded on Saturday, is still alive., Fire and Rescue NSW crews remain at the property on Waikanda Crescent in Whalan, in the city’s west. Five people were injured, and a dog was pulled from the rubble.
“Our urban search and rescue experts are looking or those spaces where someone might be found – whether that is lifting parts of the slab up to gain access, or drilling holes through the slabs or other pieces of debris and then inserting search cameras and putting those cameras into those spaces and checking them out for any signs of the missing person.”
“There are small pockets and areas that are caused by the different parts of the building structure falling on top of each other, and so the crews are working their way through those.”
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