PHILADELPHIA: At lest six people were killed and 13 injured when an abandoned building being demolished in the US city of Philadelphia collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store, Mayor Michael Nutter said late Wednesday.

As workers were demolishing the abandoned four-story building in downtown Philadelphia, it collapsed around 10:45 a.m. (2:45 p.m. Manila time) on a two-story Salvation Army thrift store.

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