Rescuers think they have detected a heartbeat. Photo / Supplied
Rescuers think they have detected a heartbeat. Photo / Supplied
Rescue teams in Beirut have detected what they believe may be a human heartbeat under a destroyed building, a month after the deadly explosion.
At least 190 people died last month when 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in a port warehouse caused an explosion, turning much of the city intorubble.
A Chilean search and rescue team in Beirut say they have detected a possible heartbeat of a body under the rubble of a building destroyed by the August 4 blast. If true, then that would mean that the person would have been stuck under the wreckage, alive, for 29 whole days. pic.twitter.com/uLWIq5ociA
Hopes were raised that there may be another survivor under the rubble after a sniffer dog detected something under a collapsed building that had already been searched.
Special audio equipment used by Chilean rescuers then picked up a possible heartbeat of 18 to 19 beats per minute.