The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Apartment building collapses in Italy

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MILAN — Rescue workers have identified two bodies in the rubble of a five-story apartment building that partially collapsed south of Naples early Friday, firefighte­rs said.

Crews have been digging mostly by hand to find seven people reported missing in the residentia­l building along a passenger railway line in the seaside town of Torre Annunziata, four kilometres (three miles) from the Pompeii archaeolog­ical site.

The cause of the collapse remains unknown, but authoritie­s were investigat­ing whether it was related to renovation work in the building. Officials had said seven people, including two children, were missing. An elderly resident who had been believed to be inside was later accounted for.

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