Apartment building collapse kills 14 in Brazil

Rescue workers carry an injured person found among debris after a building collapsed in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anderson Stevens

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A residential building collapse in northeastern Brazil killed 14 people, civil defense officials said on Saturday, as the last missing people were found lifeless.

The collapse occurred on Friday in the Janga neighborhood on the outskirts of Recife, the capital of the northeastern state of Pernambuco.