Nine bodies found, death toll rises to 62

COMPLAINTS:A relative of some of the missing in the Tainan complex was upset by the use of an excavator, while TsannKuen Co denied making structural changes

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 12, 2016
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

The death toll from the earthquake on Saturday last week rose to 62

Rescue teams stand by as heavy excavation machinery dig through the rubble of the Weiguan Jinlong complex in Tainan yesterday. Photo: Johnson Lai, AP

Rescue teams stand by as heavy excavation machinery dig through the rubble of the Weiguan Jinlong complex in Tainan yesterday. Photo: Johnson Lai, AP

yesterday as rescuers pulled nine bodies from the ruins of the Weiguan Jinlong complex in Tainan, while rain that began to fall at about 5pm brought with it lower temperatures.

Members of two families were among those retrieved from the disaster site in Yongkang District (永康), including two brothers, and a man and a woman whose identity has yet to be confirmed.

One of the families, surnamed Cheng (鄭), were from New Taipei City’s Sindian District and were spending the Lunar New Year holiday in an apartment on the 13th floor of Building G, which was owned by the sister of Cheng’s wife.     [FULL  STORY]

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