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5 killed in residential building collapse in Poland

Published : 09 Apr 2017, 01:15

  DF-Xinhua Report

The death toll of a residential building collapse in southwestern city of Swiebodzice in Poland has risen to five, Lower Silesia's Provincial Governor Pawel Hreniak said Saturday.

By 7 p.m. local time, five people die and another erson, probably a man, was still missing. Rescue action would continue until it is certain that no one is left under the debris.

A total of 18 residents were evacuated and provided shelter.

The residential building collapsed at around 9 a.m. Saturday morning, possibly owing to a gas explosion, according to local fire department.