Increases to nine the number of deaths by the collapse of three buildings in Rio de Janeiro
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Rescue teams this Friday five bodies found in the rubble of three buildings that collapsed on Wednesday in the Centre of Rio de Janeiro, with what amount to nine dead. Moreover, is a score of missing persons.Firefighters have so far confirmed the recovery of the bodies of five women and three men, while has not disclosed the sex or any other data of another victim found so far.Different authorities have told you there are still between fifteen and twenty missing, although the figures have changed constantly as some person notifies the disappearance of a family member. Firemen spokespersons explained that they expect to find the majority of victims together, because we know that a group of workers of a company was attending a computer science class at the time of the accident, about 8: 30 (22.30 GMT) last Wednesday.
In the Centre of the city
Up to now have been removed 22 tons of rubble of three buildings, one of twenty plants, one ten and the third of five floors, which sank in the central street Treze de Maio, located on one side of the Municipal Theatre, in the area of the Cinelandia.El Plaza collapse hit a group of real estate offices in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, a few meters from the Teatro Municipal, a centenary building inspired by the Paris Opera. The Municipal Theatre, a heritage of the city, was restored in 2009 on the occasion of its Centennial, and according to its administrators, not damaged by the collapse of the neighboring buildings. The incident is busy during business hours, so the tragedy “may have had much more serious dimensions” if it would have happened a couple of hours earlier, according to the Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral.Las authorities suspect that the accident could have been caused by a structural fault in the tallest building, whose collapse hit the other two, although there is still no official report on the causes of the tragedy.
