Brazil: 9 dead from warehouse collapse during the visit of parliamentary candidates-Watch video

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Candidates Jones Donizete and Eli Santos were visiting container company Multiteiner when part of a concrete wall inside the warehouse collapsed on them.

At least nine people were killed when part of a warehouse near Sao Paulo, Brazil, collapsed today during a visit by two parliamentary candidates.

Candidates Jones Donizete and Eli Santos were visiting container company Multiteiner when part of a concrete wall inside the warehouse collapsed on them.

Donizete said in a Facebook post that both parliamentary candidates escaped. But according to the local fire department, at least nine people were crushed and killed.

So far 31 people have been pulled from the wreckage and 28 of them have been taken to hospitals. A fire service spokesman said it was believed there may be others trapped in the rubble.

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