'Miracle' in Jordan as baby pulled alive from collapsed building

Jordanian mother Israa Raed said she was indescribably happy, after emergency workers rescued her four-month-old daughter Malak from the rubble of a collapsed building in the capital Amman.

"I knew it was her by her pink pyjamas," Israa Raed, 26, said, after waiting more than 24 hours for news of her only daughter.

"Words cannot describe how happy I am," she said. "I thank God she's safe."

Hundreds of rescuers have been scouring the site of the four-storey residential building in Jabal al-Weibdeh, one of Amman's oldest neighbourhoods, since it toppled over on Tuesday.

At least 10 people were killed, authorities said, but the survival of Malak heralded some relief for many Jordanians who watched the disaster unfold.

Video footage shared by the civil defence service shows rescue workers extracting the little girl from a narrow gap in the debris. She sustained only minor bruises.

"The doctor said it was a miracle for my daughter to come out safely from under the ruins of a four-storey building," the mother said, standing outside Luzmila Hospital, where Malak was being kept under observation.

"I had a gut feeling that she was alive, and my husband had reassured me that she was waiting for us."

Raed, who sells perfume and makeup, said she left her only daughter with a friend who lived in the basement of the building so that she could deliver an order.

"I don't live there. My friend lives there and I left my baby girl with her."