Russia's 5 Channel has posted footage showing the interior of the building the moment when the ceiling fell in on social media. The video shows cracks appearing on the walls and the ceiling of the facility's corridors mere moments before the structure collapsed.
The incident resulted in the evacuation of 81 students from the building. A representative of the district administration specified that 26 people "came out on their own, and the remaining are now being taken out by rescuers".
A partial collapse a five-storey facility of St. Petersburg's ITMO University in Russia left no one dead or seriously injured, a representative of the district administration told Sputnik on Saturday.
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