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Dozens Feared Trapped In Shopping Mall Collapse -DEVELOPING
« on: November 19, 2013, 04:49:58 pm »
Via Sky News: http://news.sky.com/story/1170843/dozens-feared-trapped-in-shopping-mall-collapse

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About 50 people are feared trapped in rubble after a South African shopping centre collapsed, paramedics are reported as saying.

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Re: Dozens Feared Trapped In Shopping Mall Collapse -DEVELOPING
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2013, 05:02:09 pm »
The Associated Press ‏@AP 13s

Paramedics in South Africa say part of a shopping mall being built has collapsed, trapping up to 50 workers inside: http://apne.ws/1jjAEnv
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Re: Dozens Feared Trapped In Shopping Mall Collapse -DEVELOPING
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2013, 05:20:56 pm »
Oh my....that looks terrible.


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Re: Dozens Feared Trapped In Shopping Mall Collapse -DEVELOPING
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2013, 08:57:29 pm »
One person has died and about 50 are feared trapped after a roof collapsed at the construction site of a South African shopping mall, officials say.

Rescue teams are working in the dark are using sniffer dogs to look for survivors beneath the rubble at the site in Tongaat, north of Durban.

About 30 people had been taken to hospital - some with massive traumatic injuries, paramedics say.

Officials said those trapped were construction workers. ...


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