Apartment building collapses in Italy; 3 confirmed dead
Jul 7, 2017 | 12:15 AM
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MILAN — Rescue workers found the bodies of three people in the rubble of a five-story apartment building that partially collapsed south of Naples early Friday, firefighters said.
Crews were digging mostly by hand to search for seven people reported missing in the residential building in the seaside town of Torre Annunziata, four kilometres (three miles) from the Pompeii archaeological site.
The cause of the collapse remained unknown, but authorities were investigating whether it was related to renovation work in the building that stood near a passenger rail line.
Officials had said seven people, including two children, from two families were missing. An elderly resident who had been believed to be inside was later accounted for.
