(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 07 AGO - Part of a hotel in western
Germany collapsed late on Tuesday, killing one person and
burying eight others, with rescuers trying to pull them from the
rubble on Wednesday, authorities said. A floor in the hotel in
Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt,
collapsed for unknown reasons around 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) on
Tuesday, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at
the time, five managed to get out. Of the eight who were trapped
"some were seriously injured", with firefighters having
established contact with some of them, police said. Nearby homes
were evacuated and some 250 search and rescue staff were on the
scene. (ANSA-AFP).
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