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| Rescue workers dig by hand in search for seven people reported missing in the residential building in the seaside town of Torre Annunziata | |
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| Sat 8 Jul 2017 06.22 BST | |
| Last modified on Sat 8 Jul 2017 11.36 BST | |
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| Rescue workers found the bodies of three people in the rubble of a five-storey apartment building that partially collapsed south of Naples on Friday. | Rescue workers found the bodies of three people in the rubble of a five-storey apartment building that partially collapsed south of Naples on Friday. |
| Crews dug mostly by hand to search for seven people reported missing in the residential building in the seaside town of Torre Annunziata, three miles from the Pompeii archaeological site. | Crews dug mostly by hand to search for seven people reported missing in the residential building in the seaside town of Torre Annunziata, three miles from the Pompeii archaeological site. |
| The cause of the collapse remained unknown but authorities were investigating whether it was related to renovation work in the building, which stood near a passenger rail line. | The cause of the collapse remained unknown but authorities were investigating whether it was related to renovation work in the building, which stood near a passenger rail line. |
| Officials had said seven people, including two children, from two families were missing. An elderly resident who had been believed to be inside was later accounted for. | Officials had said seven people, including two children, from two families were missing. An elderly resident who had been believed to be inside was later accounted for. |
| Witnesses said they did not hear an explosion before the collapse sometime after 6am, but that a train had just passed the building, according to the Ansa news agency. | Witnesses said they did not hear an explosion before the collapse sometime after 6am, but that a train had just passed the building, according to the Ansa news agency. |
| Images show the structure partially collapsed, revealing the interiors of some apartments. About 80 rescue workers were passing hand-dug rubble out in buckets, as firefighters on long retractable ladders checked the stability of the section that remained intact. | Images show the structure partially collapsed, revealing the interiors of some apartments. About 80 rescue workers were passing hand-dug rubble out in buckets, as firefighters on long retractable ladders checked the stability of the section that remained intact. |
| Firefighters asked for silence among onlookers during the search in hope of hearing survivors, and the work was paused periodically to allow sniffer dogs to check the scene. | Firefighters asked for silence among onlookers during the search in hope of hearing survivors, and the work was paused periodically to allow sniffer dogs to check the scene. |
| The train line that passes Mount Vesuvius and connects Naples with such tourist sites as Pompeii and the Amalfi coast was temporarily closed after the collapse. | The train line that passes Mount Vesuvius and connects Naples with such tourist sites as Pompeii and the Amalfi coast was temporarily closed after the collapse. |
| The Italian railway said in a statement that the vibrations from passing trains had no impact on the stability of adjacent buildings. | The Italian railway said in a statement that the vibrations from passing trains had no impact on the stability of adjacent buildings. |
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