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3 dead as building collapses in Italy

31 July 2010 18:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. An apartment building collapsed early Saturday in southern Italy, killing three people in their sleep, police said, APA reports quoting news.yaho.com website.
Police said the building fell apart after 1 a.m. in Afragola, a small town near Naples.
The victims include a married couple and an elderly woman, said the deputy chief of Naples police, Paolo Iodice. Contradicting earlier statements, police said the woman’s granddaughter, a 10-year-old girl, was still alive under the rubble and that rescuers were trying to pull her out.
Iodice said the girl was conscious and was talking to rescuers.
The couple were caught in their bed, their bodies found hugging each other, the ANSA news agency said.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. It was not clear if more people were missing.