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Russian pool roof collapses, killing 8
(AP)
Updated: 2005-12-05 08:48
A concrete roof over a swimming pool in Russia's Ural Mountains region
collapsed Sunday, killing at least eight people 錕斤拷 including two children 錕斤拷 and
injuring 11 others, officials said.
Rescuers were trying to lift concrete slabs out of the pool and it was
unclear whether other swimmers had been trapped.
The incident occurred around at the indoor pool owned by a metallurgical
factory in the village of Chusovoi near the Russian city of Perm, about 750
miles east of Moscow, the Ministry for Emergency Situations said in a statement.
Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said six children were among the 11
people hospitalized after the collapse.
The collapse of a glass and concrete dome at a popular Moscow water park in
February 2004 killed 28 people and injured more than 100
others.
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