Belgorod governor reports 15 fatalities due to building collapse

Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations has reported that fifteen people have been killed in a building collapse in Belgorod, and the rubble was being cleared.

Source: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram

Details: At 18:46, the Ministry reported that a sixth body had been removed from the rubble in Belgorod.

The governor of Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported that 20 people, including two children, had been  injured in the incident on Sunday.

Update: As of 22:00, the death toll had risen to 11, including two children. 

As of 23:31, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported that the body of a thirteenth person had been recovered. 

The Russian Emergencies Ministry said on the night of 12-13 May that rescue workers had found the body of a fourteenth person who had been killed.

After 03:00, they reported that rescue workers had pulled the body of a fifteenth person from under the rubble.  

Background:

• An entire stairwell of a high-rise building collapsed in the Russian city of Belgorod on Sunday, 12 May.
• Russia's Defence Ministry has claimed that a 10-storey building in the Russian city of Belgorod was severely damaged by the wreckage of a missile downed by Russian air defence.

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