Nueva Delhi: In the early hours of Tuesday, as locals and rescuers in BURRI Peurated through the rubble to scan any sign of life, glimpsed a slight light from a mobile phone. However, once they arrived at the scene and cleared the debris, they realized that another life had been off.
The collapse in Buri, which charged five lives, has led the authorities to carry out one of the longest rescue operations, which lasts more than 36 hours. Rescue efforts proved to be a discouraging task for the two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and others that comprise about 100 firefighters, in addition to police and premises, who worked the day for more than 18 hours.
“This was a classic case of pancake collapse,” said a fire official, explaining: “When a building collapses, the upper floors are crushed in the lower floors, creating an effect in the form of panqueque, with each floor stacked on the upper part of the other part of the other. “
“Unlike most rescue operations, where buildings are partially collapsed with manageable debris, this incident presented a unique challenge. There were many rubble and eliminated it was a carefully slow process,” he added.
He Rescue operation I saw many brave people who risk their lives. Thus, Sudhir of the Bureri Police Station crawled through the rubble, guided only by lanterns and mobile torches, and managed to get a survivor. He was helped by his team, including agent Sandeep, Pardeep, Rahish and Sunil, who took six victims.
Dharmender, a resident, along with two of his friends, managed to save four people, including children. “There was a narrow passage to enter the collapsed building, and there was a risk that the remaining structure could fall on me,” he told Toi. “I saw a girl crying … while trying to keep her calm, slowly removed the rubble and took her out. Then we rescued three more people with the help of others,” he added.
To look for the trapped in the background, NDRF staff used ‘special victims’ cameras’. They also used two types of instruments, sword cutters and alternative mountains, to cut the rubble and reach the survivors. Fire officials had to use hydraulic gas and cutters to recover the victims.
“First we manually remove the debris and then use hydraulic cutters to cut the iron rods embedded in it, ensuring the safety of firefighters and victims,” said a fire official.
Until Monday at midnight, more than one ton of rubble were clear and a dozen people were extracted. However, congested lanes proved to be a great obstacle to rescue vehicles and firefighters. “We could not use multiple JCB. We also limit the implementation team to avoid injuring people who could still be trapped inside,” said the official.