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Overnight, images broadcast on local television stations showed long lines of bodies laid out with white sheets covering some, as rescue workers carried them away on stretchers.
Rescue teams dressed in orange overalls and wearing face masks, including officers from India's National Disaster Response Force, carried those they could extract to get aid. Sudhanshu Sarangi, director general of Odisha Fire Services, speaking at the site to AFP, warned of"serious injuries". In nearby hospitals, volunteers lined up to give blood, with medics overwhelmed by the scale of the need.
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