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Mexico earthquake: Rescue workers continue desperate search for signs of life on fourth day

FP Staff September 23, 2017, 13:00:53 IST

Mexico waited anxiously for signs of life in the rubble of collapsed buildings as a desperate search for survivors of a devastating earthquake entered a fourth day.

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Mexico waited anxiously for signs of life in the rubble of collapsed buildings as a desperate search for survivors of a devastating earthquake entered a fourth day. AP

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Onlookers stand in the street after midnight watching rescuers search for survivors inside a collapsed office building in Mexico City. The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday killed at least 272 people. AP

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Volunteer rescue workers who have been seeking survivors since Tuesday fought off growing fatigue to continue removing tons of rubble at dozens of flattened buildings in the capital. AP

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In the central neighborhood of Roma, rescue workers scrambled to locate 23 people believed to be in the wreckage of a collapsed an office building. They have already pulled 28 survivors from the mountain of rubble. AP

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US president Donald Trump called Pena Nieto and offered assistance. A US search-and-rescue team was deployed to Mexico, according to the American embassy. AP

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