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Five dead, eight injured in California balcony collapse

JUNE 17 (Reuters) – -Five people including a number of young Irish citizens were killed and eight injured when an apartment balcony collapsed early on Tuesday (June 16) in the Californian city of Berkeley, police and Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said. The survivors’ injuries were “very serious and potentially life-threatening,” Berkeley Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Coats said. Callers first reported the collapse at the multi-story block in the downtown area of the college city near […]