Mayor describes ongoing effort to rescue trapped womanpublished at 17:08 BST
The mayor of the Chacao municipality – one of the political subdivisions of the capital, Caracas – says 23 people have been rescued from the rubble in the area.
In a video update shared on social media, Gustavo Duque says emergency services are currently working to rescue another four.
Among them is a 19-year-old woman Duque says is “between the slabs and is in communication with our team and we are going to rescue her”.
He says a large number of the people already rescued don’t have their IDs and are being asked to identify themselves in hospital if they are conscious.
Photographs of unconscious patients are being shared with other residents of collapsed buildings in a bid to identify them, he says.
Earlier, Duque had said at least 11 people are known to have died in the municipality.
