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| Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse 'traps dozens' | Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse 'traps dozens' |
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| At least three people have been killed and dozens more are trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian city, Dar es Salaam, rescue workers say. | |
| Thirteen people have been pulled out of the ruins alive, officials say. | Thirteen people have been pulled out of the ruins alive, officials say. |
| Some 45 people, including construction workers, residents and children from a Koranic school, are missing. | Some 45 people, including construction workers, residents and children from a Koranic school, are missing. |
| The BBC's Hassan Mhelela says the 12-floor building under construction is now a "huge pile of chaos". | |
| "I thought there was an earthquake and then I heard screaming. The whole building fell on itself," eyewitness Musa Mohamed told the AFP news agency. | |
| Our reporter says a huge crane is pulling out a mass of iron bars to get access to the centre of the building, where some people are thought to be still alive. | |
| Trapped victims are said to have been making phone calls to friends and relatives. | |
| Bulldozers are also being used to move the rubble, our reporter says. | |
| He says there are large crowds of onlookers, as well as rescue workers and armed police officers at the scene. | |
| The collapsed building was near a mosque, as well as other residential and commercial properties in central Dar es Salaam. | |
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