BELGIUM: Aerial views of a building that collapsed killing at least nine people show a hole amid damaged buildings in Liege historic city centre

Record ID: 216192

  • Title: BELGIUM: Aerial views of a building that collapsed killing at least nine people show a hole amid damaged buildings in Liege historic city centre
  • Date: 29th January 2010
  • Summary: IN THE AIR ABOVE LIEGE, BELGIUM (JANUARY 28, 2010) (REUTERS) SQUARE IN CITY CENTRE ROW OF APARTMENT BLOCKS WITH HOLE DUE TO COLLAPSED BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE, CRANE AT STANDSTILL APARTMENT BLOCK AND HOLE IN THE MIDDLE PILE OF RUBBLE COLLAPSED BUILDING, CRANE AND FIREFIGHTERS' TRUCKS ON LOCATION HOLE, CRANE AND NEARBY HOUSES CITY CENTRE WITH NEARBY STREETS HOLE IN RO
  • Embargoed: 13th February 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Belgium
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA2S6GSFZYO0UYJURKAZENQGJ9F
  • Story Text: The death toll from a collapsed apartment block in eastern Belgium rose to nine on Thursday (January 28) and was expected to increase when the stalled search resumed in the afternoon.
    Aerial views of the site showed a pile of rubble and damaged buildings all around.
    The street was located in Liege historic city centre, just behind the city's town hall.
    A suspected gas leak blew up the block of flats early on Wednesday (January 27) in a street in the centre of the east Belgian city of Liege, damaging adjoining buildings and shattering windows.
    Firefighters suspended rescue efforts because of fears that other buildings could also collapse but the search resumed in the afternoon after neighbouring structures were reinforced, although there was little hope of finding anyone alive.
    The collapse injured 21 people, three of them seriously. One girl was pulled out alive from the rubble early on Wednesday afternoon.
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