Investigators today began sifting through the wreckage of an exhibition hall in southern Poland to establish why its roof collapsed under a layer of snow.

The death toll from the collapse of an exhibition hall in Poland rose to 67 today when a man died from his injuries, authorities said.

RESCUERS last night abandoned hope of finding more survivors in the wreckage of an exhibition hall that collapsed in southern Poland.

Rescuers were today searching for victims buried when the roof of an exhibition hall in southern Poland collapsed on a racing pigeon show, killing at least 65 people and injuring a further 160.