Overview
- The building collapsed early Thursday in Belo Horizonte and housed an elderly residence along with private apartments and an aesthetic clinic.
- Firefighters accounted for all 29 people inside: nine self-evacuated and eight were rescued alive and taken to local hospitals.
- Among the survivors, a two-year-old child was pulled from the rubble conscious with stable vital signs, authorities said.
- More than 40 firefighters with trained dogs led the operation, with reinforcement teams arriving from Juiz de Fora.
- Officials say initial checks found permits in order, while the cause of the structural failure remains under investigation in a state recently hit by deadly rains and landslides.