Workers trapped in crushed building

August 29, 2007

The 14-storey building, which was under construction, collapsed on Tuesday killing at least seven people, according to an emergencies services spokesman. Six injured construction workers have been pulled from the rubble and at least 10 more are believed to alive in the basement of the crushed building after one of them called the emergency services on his mobile phone. Baku prosecutors say the construction was illegal and have opened a criminal case into the collapse.