8 people missing after part of four-storey building collapses in Italy

Tragedy struck in the Italian port city of Naples when a four-storey building collapsed with authorities revealing that no less than eight people have been declared missing following the incident.

According to authorities, the cause of the collapse is still yet to be determined even as local prosecutors in the town of Torre Annunziata have opened an investigation into the immediate and remote cause of the incident.

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Reports say fire fighters and other rescuers are still searching among the wreckage of the building overlooking the sea, which crumbled at around 6:20 a.m. local time, but so far no-one has been found.

 

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