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Four dead, others trapped as three-storey building collapses in Delta
Four persons have been confirmed dead after a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was reported that scores of persons were also trapped inside the collapsed building.
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Although the cause of the collapse could not be ascertained, however, it was learnt that the building caved in during a downpour on Saturday morning, Punch reports.
It was gathered that the victims were in the building waiting for the rain to subside to begin work when a section of the building started falling.
A few persons who were working on the building escaped but four persons were confirmed dead.
Details later.
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