At least seven people were killed in Mexico on Sunday after the roof of a church came crashing down, local officials said.
“Seven people are confirmed dead, and 10 injured people have been rescued” in the northeastern coastal town of Ciudad Madero, a spokesperson for the Tamaulipas state government said in a statement.
More people remained trapped and rescue efforts were underway after the incident which occurred in the early afternoon, the spokesperson added.
Local media reported that at least 20 people were missing under the rubble of the Santa Cruz parish, and that a baptism was being celebrated when the ceiling collapsed.
“We are experiencing a very difficult moment… the roof of a church has collapsed during the celebration of the Eucharist,” the bishop of the local diocese Jose Armando Alvarez said in a video posted to social media.
“At this moment they are doing the necessary work to save the people who are still under the rubble,” he added, without providing more details.বিস্তারিত