Trapped after collapse?

16th September 2011

The services are still searching for victims

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Authorities are still searching for potential casualties after the ceiling of a former factory in Gdansk collapsed this week.

According to news site TVN24, firefighters are still trying to assess whether anybody was left in the building when the ceiling came down, following reports that there were people - believed to be scrap metal merchants - seen running from the site.

It is feared that two or three boys, aged around 15, were not able to escape and are trapped under the debris.

“For several days before I called the police to ask for intervention, but to no avail,” says Anna Stawska, a spokeswoman from the local council. “I also spoke with those who were collecting scrap metal ...

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