Death toll in Goa building collapse rises to 17
January 06, 2014  10:47
More bodies were retrieved from the debris of the collapsed building in Canacona town of Goa on Sunday night, taking the death toll to 17, while over a dozen more people are still feared trapped in the debris.

Rescue operation by Army personnel and local civic agencies, using earth-moving machinery, continued without a pause for the second night on Sunday after the building collapsed on the afternoon of January 4.

A senior fire and emergency services officer at the site told PTI that one body was recovered late Sunday night and another at midnight, taking the toll to 17.

Sixteen people have been admitted to state-run Hospicio Hospital in Margao and Goa Medical College and Hospital near here.

Rescuers said 15 more people are still trapped in the debris.
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