Brazil: Rescuers search for victims after building collapse killed 11

At least 11 people have died and three remain missing after an illegally occupied building collapsed in northeastern Brazil, the authorities said Saturday. Firefighters said a 65-year-old woman and two adolescents were pulled from the rubble alive.

The three-story structure, which was attached to a larger housing complex, had been closed in 2010 due to a risk of collapse but had been illegally occupied since then, the authorities said. Building collapses in Brazil generally happen in poorer neighborhoods where illegal construction is rampant.