Riga: At least 32 people died, including three firefighters, after an enormous section of roof collapsed at a Latvian supermarket in the country's capital, emergency medical officials said on Friday.
The reason for the collapse during shopping rush-hour on Thursday was still not known but rescue and police officials said that possible theories include building's design flaws and poor construction work.
Pictures from residential buildings overlooking the store showed an enormous crater-like hole in the roof.
Building materials were stacked on remaining sections of the roof, where workers were building a garden as part of the Maxima supermarket's original design plan.
