Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Italian quake toll rises to 17, last victim found

An Italian Police officer, left, stands in front of Mirandola's Dome collapsed after an earthquake, Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Italian Police officer, left, stands in front of Mirandola's Dome collapsed after an earthquake, Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian firefighters and a dog search the debris of a collapsed house in Cavezzo, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)

The dmaged bell tower of a partially collapsed church in Mirandola, Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Map locates Bologna, Italy near where an earthquake hit;

(AP) ? Rescue crews have removed the last body of a worker buried beneath a collapsed factory, bringing the toll in the second deadly quake to hit Italy's Emilia region to 17.

Tuesday's magnitude 5.8 temblor felled old buildings and new factories and warehouses in a swath of Italy north of Bologna that was still recovering from a stronger quake 9 days before. That quake measured 6.0 and killed seven, mostly workers.

Crews on Wednesday pulled the last body from the rubble of a factory in the town of Medolla. Three others also died in the structure. Civil Protection authorities in Rome say no one else is known missing.

Associated Press

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