Search operations continued throughout the night after a woman was reported missing when a five-storey building collapsed in the Puglia city of Bari late on Wednesday afternoon, rescue services said Thursday.
Firefighters, Alpine rescue personnel, security forces and civil protection officers are taking part in the operation.
The woman, who was identified as 74-year-old Bari native Rosalia De Giosa, had not left the building after residents were evicted last year when authorities deemed it unsafe.
The building's owners had started renovation work a week prior to the collapse.
The two buildings next to the one that collapsed Wednesday have been evacuated as a precaution and the 80 residents are being housed by the municipality, including at a local hotel.
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