Several buried as Rio buried hotel collapses - reports

The façade of a hotel in the Copacabana beach district of Rio de Janeiro collapsed this morning, burying several people on one of the city’s busiest avenues, local media reported.

According to Globo News TV, the façade of the Canada Hotel on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana collapsed on to the sidewalk burying a number of passers-by.