Three dead after Barcelona apartment block collapses as sniffer dogs uncover remains left in rubble

THREE people have died after a five-storey apartment building collapsed near Barcelona.

The victims have been described as a man and a woman aged between 30 and 40 years old and another woman in her fifties.

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They are understood to have lived in different flats within the building – which is located a short metro and train ride north of Barcelona, in Badalona – and were not members of the same family.

One of the victims was speaking with relatives in an online video call when the apartment block collapsed, it has been reported.

The nationalities of the three victims are not yet known.

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