Beirut blast: Rescue team detects possible sign of life under rubble weeks after explosion

Almost a month since devastating Beirut blast, a pulsing signal has been detected under rubble by authorities raising faint hopes that re could be a survivor re.

 According to reports, a sniffer dog belonging to a Chilean search and rescue forces first detected something suspicious in some building rubble that had previously been searched. rescue team was quick to used audio equipment and detected something similar to a pulse rate of 18 to 19 beats per minute. 

A civil defence worker, Youssef Malah told Associated Press, "99% re isn’t anything, but even if re is less than 1% hope, we should keep on looking".

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Possible sign of life

Malah added that rescue forces would continue working throughout night. Francesco Lermonda, a Chilean volunteer is reported to have said ir equipment identified breathing and heartbeats from humans and it had detected a sign at site. He said that it was extremely unlikely but y should t give up. 

According to reports, rescue workers put up lights to work through darkness during night hours. Chilean team also asked bystanders to turn off ir phones and stay quiet while y listened for pulse. 

explosion that rocked Lebanese capital on August 4 has triggered public fury and mass protests. blast was caused after nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at Beirut’s port where y had been stored for six years. 

Lebanese government on Sunday, August 30 informed that number of people killed in Beirut blast has climbed to 190 with more than 6,500 injured. According to an official estimate, nearly 300,000 people have been left homeless after blast. 

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With AP inputs