Update #2, Thursday
The search for victims has been suspended at 7 am Thursday morning due to the instability of the adjoining buildings. Engineers and rescuers are concerned that they may have a partial collapse. Up until the discontinuation of the search there have been 9 bodies recovered, some of them heavily burned.
SEE THE EARLIER FIREGEEZER STORY ON THE APARTMENT BUILDING COLLAPSE IN LIEGE, BELGIUM, HERE.
Following the discovery of the 13-yr.-old girl still alive in the rubble, the firefighters recovered four bodies and the fire chief says that they believe that there could be as many as ten more bodies buried inside. As of Wednesday night they have recorded five deaths and 23 injured.
Earlier on Wednesday afternoon King Albert II arrived at the collapse scene to view the wreckage and in this brief video clip he meets with a group of firefighters:
This video indicates that the firefighters were able to detect the imminent collapse because you can see them withdrawing just before it falls in. (The collapse occurred about five hours after the explosion and fires.)
This video has an aerial view of the scene later in the morning:
See the earlier report on the collapse with photos and link to a photo gallery HERE along with the story.
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