Emergency Crews Take Victims in Ambulances After Balcony Apartment Collapse Berkeley, Calif | 5 Dead Five people have been killed and eight others injured after a balcony collapsed on an apartment building in Berkeley, California. It is understood five people have been killed and a number of others have been critically injured after the fourth floor balcony of an apartment building collapsed on Kittridge Street near the University of California at around 1am local time. Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan says "a number of Irish citizens" have lost their lives in the incident. The Minister has described the incident as a "dreadful accident" and has activated his Department's Consular Crisis Centre to help the families of the victims. An emergency response line has been opened - anyone with concerns about friends or family in the region, should call 01- 418 0200. Officer Jennifer Coats, of the Berkeley Police Department, said many of the injured have critical, life-threatening injuries. She said officers were alerted shortly after 1am and found the balcony on the fourth floor of an apartment building on Kittredge Street had collapsed. “We don’t have a lot of specific detail at this point because they (investigators) are still trying to work through it all,” said Ms Coats. There has been no immediate details of how the incident occurred at the apartment and retail building on Kittredge Street in the university city. The area around the building has been cordoned off. BERKELEY, Calif.- Police said five people died and eight others were wounded when a fourth-floor balcony collapsed early Tuesday in Berkeley, California. Several of the victims were young Irish nationals, according to Ireland's government. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats told NBC News the balcony fell to the sidewalk from the top of the four-story building shortly after midnight local time (3 a.m. ET). She said Berkeley Fire Department and city officials are on scene, adding that officials have secured the area around the collapse and have not evacuated the building. The injured were being treated at area hospitals and authorities do not know what caused the collapse, Coats said. A "number of young Irish citizens" were among the dead while "a number of others" were seriously injured, according to Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs. It said in a statement that Ireland's consul general in San Francisco was in touch with authorities and providing assistance to those affected. Five people have been killed and eight others injured after a balcony collapsed on an apartment building in Berkeley, California. Officer Jennifer Coats, of the Berkeley Police Department, said many of the injured have critical, life-threatening injuries. She said officers were alerted shortly after 1am and found the balcony on the fourth floor of an apartment building on Kittredge Street had collapsed. The area around the building has been cordoned off. Officer Coats said: "We don't have a lot of specific detail at this point because they (investigators) are still trying to work through it all." Balcony Collapse, Berkeley Balcony Collapse, Apartment Collapse in Berkeley, Building Collapse, Berkeley Apartment Building Collapse, Balcony (Accommodation Feature), Berkeley (City/Town/Village),raw balcony collapse,raw berkeley balcony collapse,raw building collapse,balcony collapse in berkeley Berkeley, Balcony, Collapse, Kills, Injures, killed, dead, apartment, building, Police said, ambulances, balcony collapse in Berkeley, area hospitals, video, latest, new, 2015, june, critical, fourth-floor, Irish citizens, died, full video, survivors' injuries, apartment building, deaths, Kittredge Street, early Tuesday, 5 kills, 8 injures, killing five people, Ireland's Department, Balcony collapse video, Balcony collapse news, irish people, Balcony Collapse, uc bakery, irish students killed

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