Part of the roof and all but one of the floors in a five-storey university building collapsed in St Petersburg, Russia on Saturday.
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There were no reported casualties, but 81 people were evacuated, said news agency AP, quoting St. Petersburg’s acting governor. The number of evacuees differed among reports.
The collapse happened at approximately 5pm local time on 16 February at one of the buildings of Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University) on Lomonosova Street 9, the university said.
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