Russian university building partly collapses, no casualties: Reports
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MOSCOW (REUTERS) - A university building partly collapsed on Saturday (Feb 16) in the Russian city of St Petersburg, trapping people under debris, but emergency services reported no casualties, Russian news agencies said.
Around two dozen people were trapped in the building of the University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics in the centre of Russia's second biggest city, the agencies said.
The roof and several floors of the building collapsed during renovation work.
TASS news agency said that acting St Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov had gone to the scene.
