ELLIOT LAKE, Ont, Canada - At least 30 people are unaccounted for after the roof caved-in at a northern Ontario mall, Ontario Provincial Police say.The latest number is surprising considering authorities on Sunday had said they were trying to locate nine people after the roof collapsed at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake .
- Prior to Sunday, officials had put the number of people missing at more than 30 when the the roof collapsed on Saturday afternoon. There was some confusion over whether a body had been spotted in the rubble. Police said Sunday they had a "visual" of a foot and a hand amongst the rubble, but no deaths have been confirmed.
- Meanwhile, bystanders are keeping vigil outside the mall as they await word from rescue officials, who have now stabilized a section of the roof that collapsed on Saturday and have begun looking for survivors.
A source who has been briefed on the recovery effort said Monday morning that rescuers believe some people could be alive inside the mall's wreckage. Authorities don't know how many casualties there could be beyond the one person who may be dead.
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