The tremor caused several buildings to collapse, burying people in the wreckage.
The latest tremor caused several buildings to collapse, burying people in the wreckage. According to Albania's Defense Ministry, the bodies of two women were found in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Thumane—a village in the north of the country.
A spokesperson for the Defense Ministry also said that one man had died in Kurbin—north of Tirana—after panicking and jumping out of a building. One man told Albanian station News24 TV that some of his loved ones were still trapped in a collapsed apartment building in Durres. Albanian police have urged people in Durres and the surrounding areas not to drive so that the roads are clear for emergency service workers.
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