Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake

A 32-yea -old woma , who had bee t apped u de ubble fo 36 hou s followi g the 7.4-mag itude quake which shook weste Colombia, has bee escued alive.

Da iela La go was pulled f om be eath a collapsed buildi g i the city of Pe ei a afte a 10-hou -lo g escue ope atio .

Fi efighte s fi ally ma aged to each he via a tu el they dug below fou co c ete slabs u de which she had bee bu ied.

At least 188 have died i the quake, acco di g to official figu es, a d hu d eds emai missi g.

I Pe ei a, a city i Colombia’s coffee-g owi g egio , 79 people a e co fi med to have died, the seco d-highest umbe afte Cali, whe e 95 a e dead, acco di g to figu es by the Associatio of Colombia Capital Cities (Asocapitales).

La go’s mothe told AFP ews age cy that a local eside t had hea d he daughte c y out fo help f om be eath the ubble.

O ce eme ge cy wo ke s had a ived at the site, they we e able to locate La go with the help of a small came a.

Howeve , he escue was complicated by the fact that fou heavy co c ete slabs we e blocki g the way.

Local fi efighte s aided by colleagues deployed f om the capital, Bogotá, a d the disaste espo se team of the atio al police fo ce had to dig two tu els to each he .

Th ough o e ope i g, dug f om above, they we e able to p ovide La go with oxyge . But it was o ly th ough a seco d tu el, dug f om below, that they we e able to f ee he .

Colombia P eside t Abela do de la Esp iella celeb ated he escue o social media, desc ibi g it as ” ews which fills us with hope”.

La go’s mothe said that “at home, he 12-yea -old so is waiti g fo he “.

I Pe ei a, at least 92 buildi gs collapsed. Fiftee people a e k ow to be t apped a d a othe 37 have bee epo ted missi g, acco di g to Asocapitales.

I Cali, Colombia’s thi d most populous city, mo e tha 200 people emai ed t apped as of 16:00 local time o Tuesday.

The city’s mayo decla ed a ight-time cu few a d said that soldie s would be o pat ol i the wo st-hit a eas of Cali.

“We eed to e su e that the escue wo k ca be ca ied out safely,” he said, addi g that the e was still hope of fi di g mo e people alive a d eve yo e would do thei utmost to f ee those t apped.

Eighty-seve people have bee escued i the city so fa .