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Hotel collapses in Germany's Mosel region

Aditya Sharma
August 7, 2024

Six people have been saved from a collapsed hotel in the town of Kröv in Germany's Mosel region, and rescuers are racing to free a final person trapped in the rubble. Two people were killed in the disaster.

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