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Rwanda building collapse: Six dead and dozens trapped Rwanda building collapse: Six dead and dozens injured
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Six people have died after a four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda collapsed, the government says.Six people have died after a four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda collapsed, the government says.
"The tentative information we have indicates that debris fell on about 100 people," Rwandan minister Seraphine Mukantabana told AFP. The search and rescue mission has ended with no more people found trapped in the rubble, Rwandan police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Rwandan police say 18 people are currently in hospital. Twelve others were discharged earlier after receiving treatment. Officials said 18 people were being treated in hospital. Twelve others were discharged earlier after receiving treatment.
Construction workers are believed to be among those trapped in the building. The dead and injured were believed to be mainly construction workers.
The four-storey building in Nyagatare, 60 miles north-east of the capital Kigali, was under construction when it came down. The four-storey building in Nyagatare, about 100km (60 miles) north-east of the capital Kigali, was under construction when it came down on Tuesday.
As the building is located by the roadside, people who were on the street may also be trapped, said Ms Mukantabana, the Minister of Disaster Management. "Six people working on the site died as the result of the building collapse," Rwanda's police said in a statement. "The search and rescue mission... has been completed and the site is clear."
Police and the army have secured the site and are carrying out an intensive rescue operation, according to a police statement. Initial reports had said that as many as 100 people had been feared trapped, but as rescue efforts began officials scaled back the numbers of those involved.
There will be an investigation into the cause of the collapse, it adds. Police said they would be conducting an investigation into the cause of the collapse.