7 killed after collapse of building in Guinea Bissau

Seven people lost their lives on Tuesday after a three-storey building collapsed in Canchungo town, 74 km north of Guinea Bissau capital, Bissau, an official source has said.

The country's Civilian Protection Service told the media "this is a provisional figure since three other people in critical condition are hospitalized and many more are still under the rubble of the collapsed building."

Although the service did not reveal the number of people still trapped in the building, eyewitnesses told Xinhua there could be about 20 people.

The Guinea Bissau government has created a crisis center to monitor the development of the situation. Endit