Canterbury Earthquake CTV Building inquiry
...which could not be lifted by hand. This he described as being in contrast to the western side where as well as having large items, there was a lot of rubble that could be shifted by hand.9 Police and civilians were climbing on the rubble and searching through looking for survivors. Smoke was coming from the rubble but no flames were visible at this stage. There were also significant aftershocks occurring. The safety of Police and other rescuers who were crawling over the pile of rubble searchin...