Guatemala | Rescue operations continue after  multiple earthquakes - video Dailymotion

Recovery and rescue efforts continue in Guatemala after a wave of earthquakes left at least three dead and several injured. teleSUR

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00:00Go back to Latin America as recovery and rescue efforts continue in Guatemala

00:04after a wave of earthquakes left at least three people dead and several injured in the country.

00:10The operations of firefighters and rescue workers were still underway on Wednesday,

00:15transferring the victims to hospitals and providing first aid to those who needed it on site.

00:20According to Guatemalan authorities, more than 37 earthquakes and aftershocks,

00:25with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.6, were reported in the country on Tuesday afternoon.

00:32The tremors were felt as far away as El Salvador and resulted in the evacuation of buildings,

00:38landslides and minor property damage.

00:41The chief of the volunteer firefighters and rescuers brigade, Saulo Morales-Perez,

00:45informed that at least five people were injured and three others were confirmed dead

00:50after being trapped in a vehicle that was crushed by a rock.

00:55There are several people injured.

01:04As you saw, we have already transferred in cars the five injured.

01:08We have three people dead.

01:10Our personnel is there, and they are going to work all night and part of tomorrow.

01:14We believe it will take one or two days.

01:16It's a huge rock on top of a vehicle with three bodies inside.

01:20People inside the vehicle.

01:35We believe it will take place.

01:37We believe it will take place.

01:39We believe it will take place right now.

01:41We believe it will take place.