Berkeley balcony collapse

A fourth-floor balcony crammed with people celebrating a 21st birthday collapsed with a bang early Tuesday near the University of California’s Berkeley campus, killing six people and seriously injuring seven others, authorities said.

All least five of the dead were Irish students in the U.S. on temporary work visas, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said.

Police and fire and building officials were working to determine what caused the roughly 5-by-10-foot balcony to break loose from the side of the apartment building. It landed on the railing of the 3rd-floor balcony below, dumping the partygoers. (AP)



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