The building contained 18 apartments and 40 residents, according to firefighters spokesperson Slawomir Brandt, who gave the death toll. TVP INFO showed part of a four-storey building in a heap and rescuers checking the debris in sub-freezing temperatures. Regional governor Zbigniew Hoffman said it was too early to determine the cause of the collapse but added that a gas explosion was one possible explanation. Regional construction inspector Pawel Lukaszewski said the remaining part of the building was closed down and its gas was cut off. Last April, six people were killed and four injured when a gas explosion caused a small apartment building to collapse in the southwestern Polish town of Swiebodzice.

Source: CBC News March 04, 2018 15:04 UTC