US EditionEight dead, four missing in Brazil seniors home collapse
Rescue teams saved eight people from the nursing home collapse, with four still missing; 29 were inside during the early morning incident, officials said.
- At least eight people died when a nursing home collapsed in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte.
- Twenty-Nine people were in the four-story building, which also housed apartments and a cosmetic clinic, at the time of the early morning collapse.
- Firefighters rescued eight people alive, including a two-year-old boy, while nine others escaped on their own or with help from neighbors.
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At the time of the collapse, which occurred on Thursday at dawn in Belo Horizonte, 29 people were in the four-storey building, which also housed several housing units and an aesthetic clinic, said the Minas Gerais State Fire Department.
The Civi Defense stated that there are preliminary indications that the collapse of the building could have been caused by some kind of human intervention.
Twelve people died in the collapse of a nursing home in Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil, according to the report released on Friday by firefighters after closing the search.
Rescuers race to find survivors after deadly nursing home collapse in Brazil
Brazil is searching for survivors after part of a building housing a nursing home collapsed in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state. At least six people have died and several others remain missing as firefighters continue to dig through the debris.
The tragic collapse of a residence for the elderly in Belo Horizonte caused the death of eight people. The aid is still seeking four missing. The causes of this disaster still need to be clarified.
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