الرئيسية
BEIRUT
(Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed when a residential building
collapsed in Beirut and rescue workers were searching on Monday for
people believed still buried under the rubble, Lebanese officials said.
The five-storey building collapsed in the Ashrafiyeh district of the
Lebanese capital on Sunday evening. The victims included Lebanese and
Sudanese nationals.
"We are hoping to find people alive. There are still some missing,"
Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told LBC television. Twelve people
were being treated in hospital, he added.
(Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed when a residential building
collapsed in Beirut and rescue workers were searching on Monday for
people believed still buried under the rubble, Lebanese officials said.
The five-storey building collapsed in the Ashrafiyeh district of the
Lebanese capital on Sunday evening. The victims included Lebanese and
Sudanese nationals.
"We are hoping to find people alive. There are still some missing,"
Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told LBC television. Twelve people
were being treated in hospital, he added.