Brazil: A building collapsed in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco on Friday, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing. This information was given by the Civil Defense officials. The victims also included two young children, including an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old.
Brazil: A building collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco on Friday, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing. This information was given by the Civil Defense officials. The victims also included two young children, including an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old.
As of 7 p.m. (2200 GMT) on Friday, 4 people had been safely rescued from the rubble of the building in the Janga neighborhood on the outskirts of the state capital Recife, the state civil protection secretary said.
The Pernambuco government said on social media that eight teams were sent to the site after civil defense received information about the collapse at 6:35 a.m. (0935 GMT).
It was not clear what caused the collapse. Recife, a coastal city of about 1.5 million people, has been battling heavy rains in recent days.
The city and its metropolitan area were placed under a “state of focus” on Friday, the government said, representing a “moderate to high risk”.
