Riga Supermarket Roof Collapse

54 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives.

Riga supermarket roof collapse.

Rescue service spokeswoman viktorija sembele earlier said 35 people had also been injured in thursday s collapse at the maxima supermarket in western riga. The collapse of a supermarket in riga in which at least 54 people have died is tantamount to murder the latvian president has said. An unknown number of people were able to leave the store on their own after the initial collapse. Three firefighters were among the dead and a toddler was among those injured.

The disaster killed 54 people including three rescue. The roof of a maxima supermarket located in zolitūde priedaines street 20 in riga latvia collapsed on 21 november 2013 at 17 41 local time. Cnn the death toll from the collapse of a roof at a supermarket in latvia s capital riga climbed friday to 51 the mayor said. Search teams continue to comb the rubble for more bodies with the number of dead expected to rise sembele.

An unknown number of people were able to leave the store on their own after the initial collapse. The roof of a maxima supermarket located in zolitūde s priedaines street in riga latvia collapsed on 21 november 2013. On 21 november 2013 the roof of the zolitūde shopping centre in the zolitūde neighbourhood of riga latvia collapsed at 17 41 local time resulting in the deaths of 54 people including three rescue workers and injuries to another 41 people. Between five and seven people are still believed trapped in the.

Local media said workers had been building a roof garden on the store a single storey building located in a riga suburb about a 30 minute drive from the city centre. It was the worst disaster in latvia since 1950 when the steamer mayakovsky sank in riga killing 147 people. Andris berzins said many defenceless people had been. The rest of the roof collapsed on saturday the latvian president has described the collapse of a supermarket in the capital riga as murder.

On 21 november 2013 the roof of a maxima shopping centre in the zolitūde neighbourhood of riga latvia collapsed at 17 41 local time resulting in the deaths of 54 people including three rescue workers and injuries to another 41 people. Note that latvia does not have freedom of panorama. On saturday morning andris berzins told latvian media the.