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This June 24, 2017 photo, shows the facade of a former Federal Police building that caught fire and collapsed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The fire in the downtown Sao Paulo building occupied by squatters has put a spotlight on a controversial movement of housing groups that "occupy" dozens of abandoned buildings amid housing shortage in South America's largest city. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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In this May 3, 2018 photo, displaced occupants of a collapsed building, get food provided by volunteers as they gather outside a nearby church in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. The people had spent the night camped out on a plaza in front of the nearby church along with several of other newly homeless families.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Second victim of Sao Paulo building collapse identified

By Associated Press AP

PUBLISHED 1:43 PM ET May. 09, 2019

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Sao Paulo Public Security Department says a second victim has been identified among remains recovered from the rubble of a downtown building that caught fire and collapsed last week.

The remains of 56-year-old Francisco Lemos Dantas were among those found earlier this week. The body of a man who died only seconds before firefighters could rescue him had previously been identified.

The department said Friday that leaves six people missing who are believed to have been in the building when it collapsed.

The medical examiner's office is still analyzing other remains.

Firefighters also recovered more remains Friday. It was not immediately clear if they were human.

Squatters were occupying the building that caught fire, and its collapse has focused attention on the housing shortage in Brazil's largest city.