As such, as soon as they reached the site, rescuers focused their efforts on the vehicles that had fallen, but had not been crashed under concrete rubble.
"We were able to see about 30 vehicles, approximately," Antonelli said.
"The most difficult job in that phase was to recover some vehicles that had only partially fallen and were like suspended in the air, because they were at risk of falling from the bridge's remains."
He explained they had to operate "from above" to avoid further burdening the structure. "In that way, we managed to pull out about 5 people alive."
Some 12 hours after the incident, however, men and dog units were not enough anymore.
"Since last night (Tuesday), search activities have changed, and we have been using cranes and heavy equipment to remove concrete rubble," Italy's firefighters spokesman Luca Cari told Xinhua.
"This was necessary to allow fire dogs and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) units to gain access to the major concrete debris, and check the possible presence of people trapped," Cari said.
It was a dangerous work for rescuers.
"Cranes and heavy equipment can jeopardize the stability of the structure still standing: if this happens, firefighters on the ground could be involved in further collapses," Cari specified.
Looking exhausted after long hours of uninterrupted work, the spokesman could not estimate the time still needed to end their work.
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