Death Toll in Brazil Building Collapse at 15
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Rescue workers recovered a 15th body Saturday from beneath the rubble of a 13-story apartment building that collapsed in the northern Brazilian city of Belem and said little hope remains of finding survivors.
Fire officials said rescuers expected to find more bodies. About 40 construction workers were working on the building when it collapsed Thursday, and 20 survivors were pulled from the rubble. Half of those survivors remain hospitalized in serious condition.
Builders were trying to shore up a new apartment building and strengthen its foundations after the structure failed an inspection and was condemned. Belem, a city of about 1 million people, is about 2,300 miles north of Rio.
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