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8 people were rescued after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Iowa

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Eight people have been rescued after the partial collapse of a six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa on Sunday.
No one was killed by the collapse, rescue officials confirmed on Monday. The Fire Chief for Davenport, Michael Carsten, told journalists at a press conference that his teams were unaware of any missing people that remained in the wreckage, but Davenport public services have not provided a final tally of those injured, nor provided much detail about their injuries.
Throughout the night, search and rescue teams worked with specialized dog units to locate survivors, after fire crews helped escort around a dozen people from the building on Sunday afternoon after first arriving on the scene.
Seven people were rescued on Sunday, with an eight person who had been pinned down by wreckage evacuated overnight from inside the devastating collapse, which involved the back face of the tower block shearing off from the rest of the complex.

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