The five-storey building collapsed in the Ashrafiyeh district of the Lebanese capital on Sunday evening. The victims included Lebanese and Sudanese nationals.
"We are hoping to find people alive. There are still some missing," Ali Hassan Khalil, the health minister told LBC television. Twelve people were being treated in hospital, he added.
The national ANI news agency reported on Monday, citing the Lebanese Red Cross.
The collapsed residential building in the Ashrafieh neighborhood in Beirut The collapsed residential building in the Ashrafieh neighborhood in Beirut
"Up until now, 11 bodies and 11 injured Lebanese nationals and foreigners have been recovered from the rubble," the report said, adding that rescue operations mounted during the night were continuing Monday morning.
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The apartment block, in Beirut's eastern Ashrafiyeh district, came crashing down without warning on Sunday evening. It was known to house Lebanese and Sudanese families.
Neighbours said dozens of people had lived in the building.
Among the dead was a 15-year-old girl while her grandmother, a Lebanese man of 73, at least two Sudanese, an Egyptian and a Filipina were among the injured.
"It was like an earthquake" when the block collapsed, one witness told the local MTV channel.
ANI said the building had been in a state of disrepair made worse by recent torrential downpours.
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9:34AM GMT 16 Jan 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/9017208/Lebanon-building-collapse-kills-18-people.html
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