A building collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, leaving at least five dead and eight others missing, civil defense authorities said.
Rescue workers look for victims among the debris of a building collapse in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil on July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anderson Stevens
SAO PAULO — A building collapsed on Friday in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, leaving at least five dead and eight others missing, civil defense authorities said. The state’s civil defense secretary said that as of 7 p.m. on Friday, four people had been rescued alive from the rubble of the building in the Janga neighborhood in the outskirts of state capital Recife.The Pernambuco government said on social media that eight teams had been dispatched to the site after civil defense learned of the collapse at 6:35 a.m. .
It was unclear what caused the collapse. Recife, a coastal city of some 1.5 million people, has been grappling with heavy rains in recent days.
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