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Four feared trapped under collapsed Moscow building

Four feared trapped under collapsed Moscow building
© RIA Novosti. Iliya Pitalev19:41 17/06/2009
MOSCOW, June 17 (RIA Novosti) - Four people could be trapped under the rubble of a building which collapsed in central Moscow on Wednesday, a spokesman for Moscow's emergency service said.
An old building on Sadovnicheskaya Naberezhnaya partially collapsed during renovation works at about 17:00 Moscow time [13:00 GMT]. The area of the collapsed section is about 50 square meters [538 square feet].
"Four people could be trapped under the rubble," the spokesman told RIA Novosti.
Rescuers have begun to search for survivors at the scene.

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