Workers trapped as roof collapses

The roof of a 260ft tall hangar at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan collapsed today, trapping eight workers under the debris, officials said.

Workers trapped as roof collapses

The roof of a 260ft tall hangar at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan collapsed today, trapping eight workers under the debris, officials said.

An eight-man construction brigade was on the roof of a hangar at the cosmodrome - which Russia uses as its main launch site - when it caved in, said Kairzhan Turezhanov, a spokesman for the Kazakh Emergency Situations Committee.

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