{"id":9519,"date":"2023-10-02T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/02\/mexico-church-roof-collapses-killing-at-least-nine-people\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:49:18","slug":"mexico-church-roof-collapses-killing-at-least-nine-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/02\/mexico-church-roof-collapses-killing-at-least-nine-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico church roof collapses, killing at least nine people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      A church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in a northern Mexican city killing at least nine people and injuring 40, authorities said, as rescuers worked into the night, desperately looking for another 30 people believed to be trapped under the rubble.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Working under floodlights, military personnel supported emergency services using rescue dogs and earth moving equipment to identify and dig out survivors from the ruins of the church in Ciudad Madero, a city on the Gulf coast near the port of Tampico.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Footage on social media showed the moment the church roof caved in, puffs of gray smoke billowing into the air, followed by the toppling of yellow brick outer walls.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Nine people died and another 40 were taken to nearby hospitals, while 30 other worshippers remained unaccounted for, said Jorge Cu\u00e9llar, spokesman for the Security Ministry of Tamaulipas state, which borders Texas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Speaking on Foro TV news channel, Cu\u00e9llar thanked local businessmen for bringing equipment to help remove rubble and aid rescue efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the church roof crumbled as worshipers were receiving communion and asked others to pray for the survivors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cIn this moment the necessary work is being carried out to pull out the people who are still under the rumble,\u201d Bishop Armando said in a recorded message shared on social media.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in a northern Mexican city killing at least nine people and injuring 40, authorities said, as rescuers worked into the night, desperately looking for another 30 people believed to be trapped under the rubble. Working under floodlights, military personnel supported emergency services using rescue dogs and earth moving <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}