Body of sixth victim pulled from rubble of partially collapsed Izhevsk house
Baku, November 10, AZERTAC
The death toll in a partial collapse of a residential building in the Urals city of Izhevsk has risen to sixth, an official with the local emergency response center told TASS.
Earlier in the day, a rescue source told TASS that the body of sixth victim was pulled out of the rubble.
"According to the latest figures, six people died and three were injured. All of the injured are teenagers, one of them is in hospital in moderately severe condition," the official said. "According to updated information, two residents of the building still remain unaccounted for. A search for them is under way."
A nine-storey residential building in Izhevsk partially collapsed at about 16:30 local time (15:30 Moscow time) on Thursday. According to initial reports, four people were killed as a result, one of them a child. A critically injured woman died in hospital earlier on Friday.
To date, a 15-year-old girl remains in hospital, the other two teenagers are receiving out-patient treatment, a local health official said.
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