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| Rescuers at scene after Residential building collapses in Georgia's Batumi, reports of people under rubble, including children | Rescuers at scene after Residential building collapses in Georgia's Batumi, reports of people under rubble, including children |
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| Emergency services are responding after part of a five-story apartment building collapsed in Georgia's second city, Batumi, on Friday, with reports indicating that an unknown number of people are injured or trapped beneath rubble. | Emergency services are responding after part of a five-story apartment building collapsed in Georgia's second city, Batumi, on Friday, with reports indicating that an unknown number of people are injured or trapped beneath rubble. |
| Ambulance teams and firefighters have since been called to the scene, while police have set up a cordon around the site. Videos shared online show rescue workers using heavy machinery to try and sift through the wreckage of the building. | |
| Local media reports that residents, potentially including children, may be buried beneath the rubble. No information about the causes of the collapse have yet been made public. | |
| Earlier this week, a residential building in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, collapsed, with four families escaping injury but losing their homes. | |
| In August, 90 separate households were evacuated from their apartments after a slope near the building collapsed during construction work, sparking fears it could weaken its foundations. | |
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