Five people still unaccounted for after Iowa apartment building collapse
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6BZTE)
Mike Matson, the city mayor, said remains of two people may be within the rubble amid protests of city's swift demolition plans
Five people remain unaccounted for after part of an apartment building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
The remains of two people may be within the rubble, the city's mayor, Mike Matson, said at a news conference, which came amid protests and criticism that the city was moving too quickly toward demolishing the building. The 116-year-old brick and steel structure, built as a hotel, had more recently been used as apartments and tenants had been allowed to remain even as bricks began falling from the building.
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