<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Seven people are reported to have been killed and 30 others trapped after a church roof collapsed in Mexico.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Local media said 10 people had been taken to hospital, after the roof of the Santa Cruz church in Ciudad Madero.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police in the coastal state of Tamaulipas said around 100 people were at a mass at the time of the collapse. Local media reported it was a baptism.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A number of children are believed to be amongst those trapped and rescue efforts are ongoing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Images on social media showed the church building in ruins as people crowded around the rubble, desperately searching for those who were trapped inside.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">People were said to be arriving with shovels and pickaxes to try to move the debris.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later posts showed the emergency services were at the scene, following the collapse on Sunday afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Calls were made on social media for medical and rescue materials to help those searching for survivors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Authorities were said to be requesting silence from those gathered at the scene so that they could hear if anyone trapped inside was calling for help.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bishop of the diocese of Tampico, José Armando Álvarez Cano, sent a message to the community on social media saying that work was under way "to find those under the rubble".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said it was a "difficult time" and ended his video address by saying: "May the Lord help you." BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>