In this photo provided by the Kep Provincial Authority, emergency workers conduct a recovery operation inside a collapsed building in Kep province, southern Cambodia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. The seven-story building under construction collapsed Friday while around 20 workers were inside. (Kep Provincial Authority via AP) (Associated Press)

7 dead as 2 more bodies found in Cambodia building collapse

January 5, 2020

by AP

Search and rescue teams in Cambodia found two more bodies Saturday in the rubble of a collapsed building in the coastal province of Kep, raising the death toll in the disaster to seven, officials said.

By Saturday morning, 18 people had been rescued, injured but alive, and crowds watched in the afternoon as two more survivors were pulled out and rushed to ambulances more than 20 hours after the accident.

Kep provincial authorities said in a statement that in addition to the seven people who died, 20 were injured in the disaster.

In full: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/search-in-cambodia-resumes-after-building-collapse-kills-5/2020/01/04/8c2a44ba-2ebc-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html

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Death Toll Reaches 7 In Kep Building Collapse, Rescue Operations Ongoing