Death Toll Reaches 21 in Cambodia Building Collapse

The death toll rose to 21 on Sunday from the collapse of an under-construction building in the Cambodian coastal town of Sihanoukville, officials said, as rescue workers scoured the rubble of the Chinese-owned project for survivors among the estimated 25 people missing.

Spokesman Kheang Phearum of Preah Sihanouk province told RFA’s Khmer Service that about 1,000 rescuers were picking through piles of bricks and debris of the seven-storey building, which held an estimated 70 people when it collapsed early Saturday. Many were sleeping construction workers.

“We are not talking about who is responsible for the case now,” he said.

In full: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/building-toll-06232019155031.html

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