{"id":187777,"date":"2016-02-07T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187777"},"modified":"2016-02-07T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T18:00:13","slug":"taiwan-earthquake-baby-girl-rescued-but-scores-are-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/taiwan-earthquake-baby-girl-rescued-but-scores-are-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan earthquake: Baby girl rescued but scores are missing"},"content":{"rendered":"
A six-month-old baby girl has been rescued from the ruins of an apartment building in Taiwan, 30 hours after it was brought down by an earthquake.<\/p>\n
Earlier a 20-year-old man was also pulled out alive, but hopes are fading for 120 others thought to be trapped in the ruins of the Weiguan Jinlong building in Tainan City.<\/p>\n
Most of the 26 people who died in the quake were in the building.<\/p>\n
An investigation into its construction has been launched.<\/p>\n
More than 170 people have now been rescued. Nearly 500 people were injured as a result of the magnitude 6.4 earthquake, and dozens remain in hospital.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of soldiers are involved in the rescue effort, with the help of hi-tech equipment and rescue dogs, and shelters are being set up for those who have lost their homes in the city of two million people.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield Hayes, in Tainan City, says that as the rescue goes into a second night, there is an increasing sense of despair among the relatives still waiting for news.<\/p>\n
He adds that there is also anger, because the collapsed apartment building has exposed tin cans and blocks of white polystyrene inside some concrete pillars. Unscrupulous construction companies sometimes to use such techniques to save on concrete, and reduce costs.<\/p>\n
Interior Minister Chen Wei-jen has said investigators will examine whether the building’s construction met the required standards.<\/p>\n