
At least 6 killed in Belgorod building collapse, Russia says
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At least six people have been killed and 20 others injured after a building collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod, according to Russian officials.
A video released by the Russian Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief on Sunday showed firefighters and rescuers working on a huge pile of rubble. The ministry said that six bodies had been recovered from the rubble.
“The number of injured, according to the latest data, is 20 people,” emergency services were quoted as saying by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Earlier, the Emergencies Ministry said that 12 people, including two children, were rescued from the site.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov posted a video to Telegram showing a collapsed building with a large hole in it.