Sharjah 24 – AFP: At least 11 people have died and three remain missing after an illegally occupied building collapsed in northeastern Brazil, the authorities said Saturday.
Firefighters were continuing to search for a woman and two children under the rubble following the collapse Friday in Paulista, a municipality in the state of Pernambuco.
The dead include men, women and children, aged five to 45, according to a statement Saturday from the Pernambuco civil defense services.
It said a 65-year-old woman and two adolescents were pulled from the rubble alive.
The three-story structure, which was attached to a larger housing complex, had been closed in 2010 due to a risk of collapse but had been illegally occupied since then, the authorities said.
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