Building collapses in Mexico City, 6 dead

A car park under construction in Mexico City has collapsed, killing at least six people, injuring more than nine and leaving some workers trapped in the rubble.

A rescue worker walks beside the scene of a building collapse

A car park under construction in Mexico City has collapsed, killing at least six people. (AAP)

Part of building under construction has collapsed in Mexico City, trapping workers underneath concrete beams and leaving at least six people dead and nine injured.

Mexico City's Civil Protection chief Fausto Lugo said rescuers were using dogs and specialised equipment to look for workers still trapped beneath the rubble but they needed to proceed "with a lot of care to not put at risk" their colleagues and survivors.

The accident took place in what was to be the multi-story parking garage of a shopping centre in a residential area in the southwest of Mexico's capital.

The nine injured have been taken to hospitals, authorities said. Lugo raised the death toll by one to six late on Monday.


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