Polish authorities worked today to determine the cause of the roof collapse that killed 62 people in southern Poland, as the number of foreign victims rose to eight after a German was identified.

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.

Polish authorities said today that they were unlikely to find more survivors under the twisted wreckage of an exhibition hall that collapsed during a racing pigeon show, killing at least 66 people and injuring 160.

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.