AT least 16 people have been killed when a block of flats collapsed due to a water leak. The death toll from the reportedly includes five children and rescuers at the scene in the Syrian city of Al…
AT least 16 people have been killed when a block of flats collapsed due to a water leak.
The death toll from the reportedly includes five children and rescuers at the scene in the Syrian city of Aleppo are stilling hunting for survivors.The five-storey building, which was inhabited by seven families, had collapsed in the early hours of today. A Kurdish news agency meanwhile said five children were among the dead, and a war monitor said they were all Syrians displaced during more than a decade of fighting in the country.
Video footage shared on state television showed dozens of rescue workers toiling to unearth people from the rubble while bulldozers worked to clear the debris. Much of Aleppo was destroyed during Syria's nearly 12-year conflict, with many of the remaining buildings left in a decrepit state.
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