Brzeczyszczykiewicz
01-29-2006, 04:03 AM
I know that this thread is quite OT, but in my opinion it shouldn't be posted among all the sh*t in the OT section...
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Hopes of finding any more survivors are fading after a building collapsed in southern Poland, killing at least 60 people, rescuers said. Some 500 people were in the trade hall in Katowice for a pigeon exhibition when the roof caved in - possibly under the weight of snow - on Saturday.
Among the dead and some 140 injured were Poles, Belgians and Germans.
President Lech Kaczynski has announced a day of mourning for what he called a "catastrophe" unprecedented in Poland.
Rescue official Leszek Suski told a news conference: "With such a low temperature the chances of finding someone alive are slim but we still have hope."
'Panic and chaos'
A central section of the roof collapsed at 1730 local time (1630GMT). A second collapse happened more than an hour later, during rescue operations.
Hundreds of rescuers with sniffer dogs worked through the night as temperatures dropped to minus 15C.
Rescuers have been blowing warm air into the wreckage to increase the chances of survival for those still inside.
Police said people had been telephoning from inside on mobile phones, reporting dead bodies near them.
But no-one had been found alive since 2100 GMT Saturday.
Officials confirmed that at least one child was among the dead.
"The dogs have located 13 places where there are bodies but it is impossible to determine how many people will be found there," local fire brigade official Kazimierz Krzowski.
Survivor's story
One of the survivors described the scenes of panic and chaos immediately after the roof collapsed.
"We heard something snap like a match breaking and people started to panic right away, realising what was happening," the unnamed survivor told private television TVN24.
"I started to run and something fell on me, others trampled over me and I was able to crawl out on hands and knees," the survivor added.
Many people, some clutching head wounds, milled around ambulances.
Some of the victims were in serious or critical condition, officials said.
New building
The cause of the disaster is not yet certain.
Jacob Parade, a journalist with TVN24 in Poland, told the BBC the collapse was a surprise as the hall - built in the late 1990s - was so new.
The fire brigade and police said the weight of snow on the roof were responsible.
But the building's manager told Polish TV that snow had been regularly cleared from the roof.
This was backed up by at least two people in BBC interviews.
One woman whose father had been at the scene, Sascha Kraus, said there had been little snow on the roof.
Graf Pietro also told the BBC the snow on the roof was not heavy and that those responsible for clearing it had done a good job.
Another theory is that the extreme cold caused steel beams to fail.
There were more than 120 exhibitors from countries across Europe at the Pigeon 2006 fair.
Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz arrived at the scene, pledging a public inquiry into the accident.
Fifteen people died on 2 January when the roof of an ice rink collapsed under heavy snow in the southern German town of Bad Reichenhall.
In December, at least 14 people, 10 of them children, were killed when a roof collapsed at a swimming pool in the Urals region of Russia. Snowfall was again thought a possible cause.
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Jaroslaw Wojtasik
Katowice firefighters' spokesman
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: The top of the hall is seen where rescue teams search for victimes on January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping an estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: The top of the hall is seen where rescue teams search for victimes on January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping an estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers warm up after the action next to the fire as temperatuer is -15C January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers serch fro victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers serch fro victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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ATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers serch fro victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Coal mine rescuers going for the action January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescue team search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: The top of the hall is seen where rescue teams search for victimes on January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers deploy snifferdogs on the site of the exhibition hall which collapsed under snow 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: A rescuer stands on the collapsed roof (REAR) of the exhibition hall which yielded under the weight of snow 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers and soldiers work under projectors on the site of the snow-laden exhibition hall which collapsed 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers evacuate a victim on the site of the snow-laden exhibition hall which collapsed 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers and soldiers work under projectors on the site of the snow-laden exhibition hall which collapsed 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers evacuate a man after a snow-laden roof of an exposition hall collapsed with scores of people inside near the southern Polish city of Katowice, 28 January 2006. At least 12 people died, a spokesman for the regional administration said. AFP PHOTO Tomasz Griessgraber POLAND OUT (Photo credit should read Tomasz Griessgraber/AFP/***** Images)
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RIP to all the victims...
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Hopes of finding any more survivors are fading after a building collapsed in southern Poland, killing at least 60 people, rescuers said. Some 500 people were in the trade hall in Katowice for a pigeon exhibition when the roof caved in - possibly under the weight of snow - on Saturday.
Among the dead and some 140 injured were Poles, Belgians and Germans.
President Lech Kaczynski has announced a day of mourning for what he called a "catastrophe" unprecedented in Poland.
Rescue official Leszek Suski told a news conference: "With such a low temperature the chances of finding someone alive are slim but we still have hope."
'Panic and chaos'
A central section of the roof collapsed at 1730 local time (1630GMT). A second collapse happened more than an hour later, during rescue operations.
Hundreds of rescuers with sniffer dogs worked through the night as temperatures dropped to minus 15C.
Rescuers have been blowing warm air into the wreckage to increase the chances of survival for those still inside.
Police said people had been telephoning from inside on mobile phones, reporting dead bodies near them.
But no-one had been found alive since 2100 GMT Saturday.
Officials confirmed that at least one child was among the dead.
"The dogs have located 13 places where there are bodies but it is impossible to determine how many people will be found there," local fire brigade official Kazimierz Krzowski.
Survivor's story
One of the survivors described the scenes of panic and chaos immediately after the roof collapsed.
"We heard something snap like a match breaking and people started to panic right away, realising what was happening," the unnamed survivor told private television TVN24.
"I started to run and something fell on me, others trampled over me and I was able to crawl out on hands and knees," the survivor added.
Many people, some clutching head wounds, milled around ambulances.
Some of the victims were in serious or critical condition, officials said.
New building
The cause of the disaster is not yet certain.
Jacob Parade, a journalist with TVN24 in Poland, told the BBC the collapse was a surprise as the hall - built in the late 1990s - was so new.
The fire brigade and police said the weight of snow on the roof were responsible.
But the building's manager told Polish TV that snow had been regularly cleared from the roof.
This was backed up by at least two people in BBC interviews.
One woman whose father had been at the scene, Sascha Kraus, said there had been little snow on the roof.
Graf Pietro also told the BBC the snow on the roof was not heavy and that those responsible for clearing it had done a good job.
Another theory is that the extreme cold caused steel beams to fail.
There were more than 120 exhibitors from countries across Europe at the Pigeon 2006 fair.
Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz arrived at the scene, pledging a public inquiry into the accident.
Fifteen people died on 2 January when the roof of an ice rink collapsed under heavy snow in the southern German town of Bad Reichenhall.
In December, at least 14 people, 10 of them children, were killed when a roof collapsed at a swimming pool in the Urals region of Russia. Snowfall was again thought a possible cause.
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Jaroslaw Wojtasik
Katowice firefighters' spokesman
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: The top of the hall is seen where rescue teams search for victimes on January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping an estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: The top of the hall is seen where rescue teams search for victimes on January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping an estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers warm up after the action next to the fire as temperatuer is -15C January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers serch fro victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers serch fro victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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ATOWICE, Poland: Rescuers serch fro victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Coal mine rescuers going for the action January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, Poland: Rescue team search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: The top of the hall is seen where rescue teams search for victimes on January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event, trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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KATOWICE, POLAND - JANUARY 29: Rescue Teams search for victims January 29, 2006 in Katowice, Poland. The roof of an exhibition hall collapsed on January 28 during a pigeon racing event trapping a estimated 500 people. According to reports, at least 32 people have been killed and an estimated 141 were injured in the collapse. (Photo by Carsten Koall/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers deploy snifferdogs on the site of the exhibition hall which collapsed under snow 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: A rescuer stands on the collapsed roof (REAR) of the exhibition hall which yielded under the weight of snow 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers and soldiers work under projectors on the site of the snow-laden exhibition hall which collapsed 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers evacuate a victim on the site of the snow-laden exhibition hall which collapsed 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers and soldiers work under projectors on the site of the snow-laden exhibition hall which collapsed 28 January 2006 in Katowice, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. Another 100 were believed still to be trapped under the hall's corrugated metal roof at 11:45 pm (2245 GMT), and rescuers with sniffer dogs and lifting equipment were working to reach the survivors under the jumble of metal beams and sheets. Voices of the injured could still be heard, and several people trapped inside had used their mobile phones to call rescuers and family. (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers evacuate a man after a snow-laden roof of an exposition hall collapsed with scores of people inside near the southern Polish city of Katowice, 28 January 2006. At least 12 people died, a spokesman for the regional administration said. AFP PHOTO Tomasz Griessgraber POLAND OUT (Photo credit should read Tomasz Griessgraber/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers evacuate an injured man after a snow-laden roof of an exposition hall collapsed with scores of people inside near the southern Polish city of Katowice, 28 January 2006. At least 12 people died, a spokesman for the regional administration said. AFP PHOTO Irek Dorozanski POLAND OUT (Photo credit should read Irek Dorozanski/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers evacuate an injured man after a snow-laden roof of an exposition hall collapsed with scores of people inside near the southern Polish city of Katowice, 28 January 2006. At least 12 people died, a spokesman for the regional administration said. AFP PHOTO Irek Dorozanski POLAND OUT (Photo credit should read Irek Dorozanski/AFP/***** Images)
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Katowice, POLAND: Rescuers assist a man trapped under the wreckage of a building after a snow-laden roof of an exposition hall collapsed with scores of people inside near the southern Polish city of Katowice, 28 January 2006. At least 12 people died, a spokesman for the regional administration said. AFP PHOTO Irek Dorozanski POLAND OUT (Photo credit should read Irek Dorozanski/AFP/***** Images)
RIP to all the victims...