Jordan calls off rescue efforts in deadly building collapse

By Associated Press

Sep 17, 2022 9:41 pm

AMMAN: Jordanian officials Saturday said they halted rescue efforts at the ruins of a collapsed four-story building after pulling out the 14th and what is believed to be final victim of the disaster.

It wasn't clear what caused the collapse Tuesday of the building in Amman, Jordan's capital. Authorities have arrested the building's owner and two maintenance workers.

Rescue teams from the Jordanian Civil Defense carry out a search operation for residents of a four-storey apartment building that collapsed on Tuesday, in the Jordanian capital, Amman, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. AP PHOTO

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