Body of man found after rooftop parking lot gave way in Vancouver

VANCOUVER – Crews working at the scene of a partial building collapse in Vancouver have recovered the body of a missing male employee.

Vancouver Fire and Rescue says the man was pulled from the debris Friday night but declared deceased by paramedics on the scene.

Eight people were rescued from the building Thursday night, hours after the collapse occurred when a loader was moving large piles of soil on the rooftop parking when it gave way into the office space below.

The statement says about 90 people were working in the building at the time of the collapse and most of them were able to get themselves out of the building.

It says the department and Vancouver's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue crew, a specialized team that responds to major structural collapses, worked for 28 hours straight to dig the remaining victim from the rubble.

The fire department says the scene will now be turned over to WorkSafeBC, the provincial worker safety agency, and the Vancouver police to investigate the cause of the collapse.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2022.