Final 3 bodies recovered from collapsed building in S.Russia

The official said the bodies of all five people missing following the collapse of the building on Wednesday have now been found. The bodies of a woman and a 10-year-old boy were recovered on Thursday.

Regional emergencies officials cited the poor condition of the building, constructed in the 1970s, as a possible cause of the collapse. Investigators are also considering negligence during reconstruction work.

The building belonged to a local factory and was used to house workers and their families. The factory rejected any responsibility for the incident, saying it had sold the part of the building that collapsed to city authorities.

Survivors have been temporarily accommodated in a nearby school and provided with one-off payments of 15,000 rubles ($480), Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.