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January 2012 Rio de Janeiro building collapses

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The precise location needs to be identified.  The location here is near the Municipal Theater which is known to be near the disaster.

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The January 25, 2012 Rio de Janeiro building collapses involved the structural collapse of a 20 story building which also triggered the collapse of two neighboring buildings one ten stories and the other four. A total of 17 people were killed in the disaster. The collapse of the 20 story building was due to structural failure caused by illegal construction work going on inside the building.

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