A bulldozer works at a collapsed building in Durres following the earthquake. Police and prosecutors said initial investigations showed "the loss of life in the collapsed buildings came also because their builders, engineers and owners had failed to observe the rules, norms and standards of safe constructions." A third was the manager of a police vacation hotel where a high-ranking police officer was killed under the rubble. Police said that some of the 17 people being sought by prosecutors had fled after the Nov. 26 quake. Albania has yet to calculate the cost of rebuilding housing for the 14,000 people left homeless by the quake.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 14, 2019 17:37 UTC