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Workers describe cracks and heavy fabric loads after São Paulo collapse

The Brás rescue coverage includes accounts from workers who escaped and a woman whose husband was pulled out alive.

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SBT NOTÍCIAS | 07/11/2026

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0:22Fire-service search dogs arrive to help rescuers locate people beneath the collapsed building.
3:10Rosilene says her husband was rescued alive after the store where he worked collapsed.
5:12A worker who unloaded fabric at the building says cracks were already visible.
7:01Another worker describes heavy fabric loads; excessive weight is discussed as a possibility, not an established cause.
8:25Fernanda Trigueiro reports street closures and a request for helicopters to move away so rescuers can hear survivors.
15:52Wilker describes the collapse beginning from the third floor and helping injured colleagues escape.

Workers interviewed after a commercial building collapsed in São Paulo describe visible cracks and large quantities of fabric stored inside, raising questions about the structure as rescuers search the rubble.

Brazil's SBT News, part of Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, carries those accounts in "SBT NOTÍCIAS | 07/11/2026" (the SBT Notícias bulletin for November 7). The footage is marked as a replay and follows firefighters, police, civil defense personnel and ambulance crews at the scene in Brás, a district just east of the historic city center known for textile manufacturing and commerce.

Reporter Júlia Vilela speaks to Rosilene, whose husband had been working inside the store and was rescued alive. Rosilene describes the collapse as sudden and says substantial amounts of fabric had been brought into the building.

Another worker, who had unloaded containers of fabric there, tells reporter Danilo that cracks were already visible. A separate worker also describes heavy loads of fabric bundles. The presenter and reporter discuss whether excessive weight could have contributed to the collapse, but the broadcast does not establish its cause.

Wilker gives a more detailed account of the building coming down from the third floor and describes helping colleagues who were injured. He says the workers' location when the collapse began spared them from what he believes would have been a fatal outcome on the lower floor. Another survivor says he left shortly before the building shook and fell.

Alongside those interviews, Fernanda Trigueiro reports that neighboring streets have been closed and that dozens of emergency personnel are involved. Fire-service search dogs arrive to help locate people beneath the debris. Rescuers also ask helicopters to move away so they can listen for survivors, making quiet part of the search effort.

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