Cyprus Building Collapse Kills Two, Injures Four

Cyprus Building Collapse Kills Two, Injures Four Cyprus Building Collapse Kills Two, Injures Four
Cyprus Building Collapse Kills Two, Injures Four. Credit: BSS.

At least two people have died after a two-storey building collapsed in a suburb of Limassol in southern Cyprus, officials and state media reported.

Fire Service spokesperson Andreas Kettis said rescuers recovered a body from the rubble as emergency teams continued searching for possible survivors trapped beneath the debris.

Cyprus Building Collapse Kills Two, Injures Four
Cyprus Building Collapse Kills Two, Injures Four. Credit: Cyprus Mail.

Public broadcaster CyBC reported that a second person was found unconscious during rescue operations and was thought to be dead.

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Four others were taken to the hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.

Police spokesperson and head of the Limassol criminal investigation department, Kostas Michael, said the building “collapsed like a house of cards”.

Local authorities stated that the building had previously been flagged as unsafe before it collapsed. 

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