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Roof collapses at school in Thailand, killing 7 sheltering from rain
Updated On: 23 May, 2023 10:38 AM IST | Bangkok | AP
Several students had gone inside the activity center to shelter from the rain when the roof collapsed, according to a Facebook post from the official disaster prevention department, and 18 people were hospitalized
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Seven people, including four children, died Monday when strong winds from a rainstorm caused a metal roof on a school`s activity center to collapse in northern Thailand, officials said Tuesday.
The latest casualty was a 6-year-old boy who died late Monday night in a hospital after the collapse at the Wat Nern Por primary school, according to the public relations office in Phichit province, 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Bangkok.
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