Floors Collapse at Russian University in St. Petersburg

Floors Collapse at Russian University in St. Petersburg
A Russian Emergency employee tries to get inside the collapsed building of the Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2019. Russian emergency authorities say several floors of a university building in Russia's second-largest city have collapsed. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
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Part of the roof and several floors of a university building in Russia’s second-largest city collapsed Saturday, but officials say there were no casualties.

The Emergencies Ministry said the collapse at the Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics took place as construction work was underway. An investigation into a criminal violation of construction safety has been opened.