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Nine-storey building collapses in Tbilisi - UPDATE

08 January 2010 [18:38] - TODAY.AZ
Two injured persons were pulled out from the rubbles of the building that collapsed in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, died in hospital.
18:38

Nothing is known about the other two under the debris. They have supposedly died.

Rescuers, police and experts are working on the site.

The causes of the collapse are not known. According to the witnesses, the building was being repaired.

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15:00


Supposedly four people are under nine-storey building collapsed in Tbilisi today. The building belongs to the Ministry of Justice, the Georgian Emergency Service told Trend News.

Today for an unknown reason, the last four floors have collapsed.

Rescuers and firemen are already operating. According to witnesses, about four workers are under the rubble.

The Georgian Civil Registry office might have arrived in this building shortly after rehabilitation.

/Trend News, APA/
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