At least twelve people have died, dozens are wounded and many more are feared trapped after a supermarket roof suddenly collapsed in the Latvian capital Riga on Thursday evening. It happened while many people were shopping on their way home from work.<br /><br />One eyewitness, Nadezhda, described the chaos: “Some tube exploded because there were construction works taking place on the roof of the supermarket. They were building a playground for children. Obviously they did something wrong and the roof did not hold this,” she said.<br /><br />Three of the dead are understood to be firefighters who were killed when another part of roof fell as they searched for survivors.<br /><br />Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis visited the scene.<br /><br />“Police have started the investigation already. The criminal process has started about violating construction norms,” he said.<br /><br />The supermarket, part of the Maxima retail chain, was built in 2011. It was even nominated for an architectural award.<br /><br />On Friday morning police dogs joined the search for people trapped under the rubble.
