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One confirmed dead in Canada shopping centre accident | |
(about 21 hours later) | |
One person is confirmed dead and another trapped under rubble after the roof of a shopping centre collapsed in Canada's Ontario province, police say. | |
Up to 30 others remain unaccounted for after the roof at Algo Centre Mall in the city of Elliot Lake collapsed on Saturday, href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2012/06/25/elliot-lake-mall-rescue-work.html" >CBC News reported. | |
Rescuers said a life detector indicated a person was alive inside the building. | |
But fears that the structure is not safe have prevented rescue workers from entering. | |
Reports suggest engineers are concerned other parts of the shopping centre could collapse as well. | |
'Mini-earthquake' | 'Mini-earthquake' |
About 22 people received minor injuries as a result of the accident, police said. | |
Earlier, officials reported hearing tapping sounds coming from within the rubble. | |
"There were signs of life," a spokesman from the Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team said. | |
Images from the scene had shown the hand and foot of a victim caught in the debris. Police later confirmed the pictures showed the body of the person who died. | |
Witnesses described the collapse as a "mini-earthquake", which sent water gushing from pipes. | |
Several cars appeared to have fallen through the gaping hole near some escalators, one employee at the shopping centre told the Associated Press. | Several cars appeared to have fallen through the gaping hole near some escalators, one employee at the shopping centre told the Associated Press. |
Initial reports suggested that nine people were missing, but that the situation on the ground was changing. | |
The cause of the collapse is unclear, although reports say the shopping centre had problems with water leakage from its roof. | The cause of the collapse is unclear, although reports say the shopping centre had problems with water leakage from its roof. |
"To those who have been injured, to those families of missing individuals, we offer our deepest sympathies," said Levon Nazarian, son of the owner of the centre, according to the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper. | |
"We are, and will be co-operating with the authorities to provide them with any helpful resources that are at our disposal," Mr Nazarian said. | "We are, and will be co-operating with the authorities to provide them with any helpful resources that are at our disposal," Mr Nazarian said. |