The roof of a church has collapsed in northern Mexico during a Sunday mass, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50.
during a Sunday mass, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50, authorities said as searchers probed in the wreckage late into the night looking for survivors and other victims.
Tamaulipas state police said units of the National Guard, the state police and state civil defence office and the Red Cross were involved in the operation. The diocese later posted a list of about 50 people who had been hospitalised as a result of the accident. Photos published by local media showed what appeared to be a concrete and brick structure, with parts of the roof fallen almost to the ground. Security camera footage from about a block away showed the unusual, gabled roof simply collapsed downward.
"At this time, the necessary work is being performed to extract the people who are still under the rubble," Alvarez said in a taped message.Video distributed by the state civil defense office showed the outer edges of the roof propped up by short wooden blocks.
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