At least six people have been killed and seven others injured when two adjoining buildings collapsed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, with more trapped under the rubble, the head of the municipal council says.
Abdel Hamid Karimeh, speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, did not say how many people might still be trapped under debris in the northern city's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood.
Earlier, the head of Lebanon's civil defence rescue service said the collapsed buildings had 22 residents.
Rescue workers and residents had so far recovered three people alive from under the rubble, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
Dozens of people crowded around the site of the crater left by the collapsed building.
Lebanon's health ministry announced that those injured in the collapse would receive treatment at the state's expense.
with AP
