Rescue workers confirmed that at least eight people lost their lives in an apartment building collapse in Recife, Brazil.
Among the victims of the catastrophe were two children, aged five and eight, as the block disinte-grated on Friday in the northeastern state of Per-nambuco.
Although the cause is still unknown, recent days have seen heavy rains pour down on Recife, the BBC reported. According to reports, six people are still missing in the Janga neighbourhood, and four people were found alive after being pulled from the rubble.
The collapse occurred in the Paulista neighbourhood of Recife, where some locals com-plained about the subpar construction and referred to this style of four-story building as a “coffin block.”
One of the residents of the area, Elisangela, told reporters: “This building had already been con-demned 14 years ago, and we had to leave. My mother used to live in the building.—APP
