Iowa Apartment Collapse Leaves Residents Missing, Rubble Too Dangerous to Search

Iowa Apartment Collapse Leaves Residents Missing, Rubble Too Dangerous to Search
An apartment building that partially collapsed two days earlier can be seen in Davenport, Iowa on May 30, 2023. Erin Hooley/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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DAVENPORT, Iowa—Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search.

The three other missing residents are not believed to have been in the building when it started collapsing Sunday evening, said state Rep. Monica Kurth. Mayor Mike Matson confirmed at a news conference that not all the residents were accounted for.