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SAO PAULO. — At least six people were killed early yesterday when a commercial building under construction collapsed in eastern Sao Paulo, firefighters said. “There are six dead and 11 people were rescued alive,” a fire department spokesman said. “We do not know exactly how many more people there are under the rubble.”
Local Press reports said 19 people were injured when the two-storey building gave way.
Such accidents involving buildings under construction or old and poorly maintained edifices occur frequently in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s economic capital and most populous city.
Television pictures showed extensive damage as rescue workers frantically sifted through rubble in search of survivors.
A distraught woman identified by Globo television as the mother of one of the workers buried under rubble was seen imploring firefighters to locate her son. — AFP.
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