A 15-year-old girl has died and three other people suffered significant injuries after a partial building collapse happened during a graduation party at the Portuguese American Citizens Club in Portsmouth Saturday evening.

Assistant Fire Chief Howie Tighe said they were called to Power Street just after 5:30 p.m. for reports of a partial building collapse and people trapped underneath the front stairwell.

The three people who were injured were two 17-year-old girls and a 49-year-old woman, according to Tighe. All three were taken to Rhode Island Hospital

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