Body is found after mall roof collapse
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June 28, 2012, Thursday
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CANADIAN officials recovered a body yesterday after spending the night dismantling a partially collapsed Ontario mall in a renewed rescue effort after angry residents had shouted down fears that the unstable structure made the work too risky to continue.
Elliott Lake Mayor Rick Hamilton declined to identify the victim. Another person is known to be inside. Police confirmed one death earlier this week. It was not immediately clear if the body was the person confirmed dead.
Chris Lewis, commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, said there is no indication anyone remains alive.
"We have no signs of life at this time. That doesn't mean that there isn't somebody alive in there," Lewis said. "But there is no sign of life right now."
Rescuers detected breathing inside the rubble early on Monday, almost two days after the roof collapsed Saturday afternoon. But authorities enraged residents when they called off work later that day amid fears that another collapse would put rescuers at risk. Dozens protested in front of city hall, saying abandoning trapped comrades would be unthinkable in the culture of their former mining community.
Work resumed at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake late on Tuesday after urging from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Television footage showed rescue workers taking off their hard hats as the stretcher was carried out.
Dan Hefkey, the Ontario Commissioner of Community Safety, said they remain hopeful someone might be found alive.
Elliott Lake Mayor Rick Hamilton declined to identify the victim. Another person is known to be inside. Police confirmed one death earlier this week. It was not immediately clear if the body was the person confirmed dead.
Chris Lewis, commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, said there is no indication anyone remains alive.
"We have no signs of life at this time. That doesn't mean that there isn't somebody alive in there," Lewis said. "But there is no sign of life right now."
Rescuers detected breathing inside the rubble early on Monday, almost two days after the roof collapsed Saturday afternoon. But authorities enraged residents when they called off work later that day amid fears that another collapse would put rescuers at risk. Dozens protested in front of city hall, saying abandoning trapped comrades would be unthinkable in the culture of their former mining community.
Work resumed at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake late on Tuesday after urging from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Television footage showed rescue workers taking off their hard hats as the stretcher was carried out.
Dan Hefkey, the Ontario Commissioner of Community Safety, said they remain hopeful someone might be found alive.
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