Berkeley Balcony Collapse,Five youthful Irish nationals were killed and no less than eight other individuals were harmed when a flat overhang given way right off the bat Tuesday in the Californian city of Berkeley, Ireland's outside priest said.
Prior, Berkeley Police Department representative Jennifer Coats said the survivors' wounds were "intense and conceivably life-undermining". She affirmed the loss of life however did not give the nationality of those included.
Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said police had shown they didn't accept some other nationalities were among the dead.
"My comprehension is that four individuals were pronounced dead at the scene, one later passed on in healing facility. Up to eight or nine others have been taken to clinics. Those included are accepted to be Irish understudies generally," Flanagan told national telecaster RTE.
"My heart goes out to the families and friends and family of the perished and the individuals who have been harmed."
A great many Irish understudies go to the United States on interim working visas each late spring.
Coats said guests had initially reported the breakdown at the multi-story hinder in the downtown zone of the school city close San Francisco at around 12:45 a.m. nearby time.
Californian police are working with the fire office and city authorities to work out what brought about the breakdown, Coats said.
Flanagan said the overhang breakdown appeared to be a mishap. (Reporting by Curtis Skinner and Padraic Halpin in Dublin; Editing by Gareth Jones)
Prior, Berkeley Police Department representative Jennifer Coats said the survivors' wounds were "intense and conceivably life-undermining". She affirmed the loss of life however did not give the nationality of those included.
Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said police had shown they didn't accept some other nationalities were among the dead.
"My comprehension is that four individuals were pronounced dead at the scene, one later passed on in healing facility. Up to eight or nine others have been taken to clinics. Those included are accepted to be Irish understudies generally," Flanagan told national telecaster RTE.
"My heart goes out to the families and friends and family of the perished and the individuals who have been harmed."
A great many Irish understudies go to the United States on interim working visas each late spring.
Coats said guests had initially reported the breakdown at the multi-story hinder in the downtown zone of the school city close San Francisco at around 12:45 a.m. nearby time.
Californian police are working with the fire office and city authorities to work out what brought about the breakdown, Coats said.
Flanagan said the overhang breakdown appeared to be a mishap. (Reporting by Curtis Skinner and Padraic Halpin in Dublin; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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