House Collapse in Southwestern Bulgaria Kills Baby, Young Woman
Domestic | April 5, 2012, Thursday // 18:28| views
A 23-year-old woman and a baby girl were killed in a building collapse on Friday in the village of Yakoruda. Photo by dariknews.bg
An old house has collapsed in the southwestern village of Yakoruda, killing a 23-year-old woman and a baby girl aged a year and three months.
The accident in the Roma quarter of the village was reported a few minutes after 2 p.m. on emergency number 112, the Interior Ministry reported Friday afternoon.
Two rescue teams were immediately dispatched to the location.
It turned out that a retaining wall of an old building had collapsed to suppress two women (aged 22 and 23) and a baby.
The witnesses of the accident reacted immediately and managed to pull the people out of the debris before the arrival of the rescue teams.
Despite the help, the 23-year-old woman and the baby girl died on the spot.
The 22-year-old woman was taken to hospital with a broken leg and graze wounds.
The site is being cleared up and the cause of the building collapse is yet to be determined.
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