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Two men were recovered dormant nether the house, portion a 3rd antheral was taken to infirmary aft escaping superior injury.
House was being lowered onto caller instauration erstwhile it collapsed
The Canadian Press
· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 12:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago
Two radical person been killed aft being trapped nether a location connected a tiny land off British Columbia's coast.
RCMP successful Powell River accidental they received a telephone connected April 6 astir 2 radical trapped nether the location on Savary Island, conscionable disconnected the seashore of the tiny city, astir 150 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.
Police accidental erstwhile the island's unpaid occurrence section and exigency wellness services unit arrived they determined the location was nether renovation and was being lowered onto a caller instauration erstwhile it collapsed.
Two men nether the location were recovered dead, portion a 3rd antheral was transported to infirmary aft escaping superior injury.
Police accidental members of the occurrence section worked tirelessly to rise and stabilize the location successful an effort to scope the men.
RCMP accidental their probe has determined determination was thing transgression progressive successful the collapse.
WorkSafe B.C. said successful an email to CBC News it is alert of the incidental and gathering much information.
"At this time, we bash not person immoderate further details to share," it said.
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