Firefighters used ladders to rescue about 20 people from second- and third-floor balconies.

In those last hectic hours the nomes had managed to rescue about thirty books from the Store.

A preservation society is hoping to rescue the house, which must be moved from its location, about 10 miles from Charlotte.

Firefighters rescued about half a dozen residents of the building, but five people were later found dead in the rubble.

The police rescued about 17 children in Kabul alone in the last two weeks, he said.

One boy rescued about five people on his own.

Kenyan and British army engineers worked through the night along with volunteers to rescue about five people trapped in the rubble.

"He was a helicopter pilot and rescued about 300 people in disasters during his short life."

He rescued himself with a parachute about 35 miles southeast of Nis.

The English ship managed to rescue about 190 of the survivors.