BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- An apartment building balcony collapsed early Tuesday in Berkeley, killing six people and leaving seven others injured. The Irish government says several of the victims are young people from Ireland. Many of the injured have critical, life-threatening wounds.
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Crews examine a balcony that collapsed and killed and injured several people in Berkeley, Calif. on June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV/Elissa Harrington)
A fourth floor balcony railing rests on the balcony below at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Two women and a man look at a makeshift memorial for victims of a balcony that collapsed in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Workers examine a balcony that collapsed in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Bottles line the inside of a fourth floor apartment where a balcony collapsed at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Roads were blocked off after a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV/Dean Smith)
A fourth floor balcony rests on the balcony below after collapsing at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, Calif., early June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Rubble and plastic cups line a sidewalk below the area where a fourth floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Two women embrace while watching sheriff's deputies move the body of a person who died when a fourth floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Police examine the scene of a balcony collapse in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP/Noah Berger)
Exposed building material marks where a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Emergency crews respond to scene of apartment building balcony collapse, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Emergency crews respond to scene of apartment building balcony collapse, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Emergency crews respond to scene of apartment building balcony collapse, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Emergency crews respond to scene of apartment building balcony collapse, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Emergency crews respond to scene of apartment building balcony collapse, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Emergency crews respond to scene of apartment building balcony collapse, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Two women embrace while watching sheriff's deputies move the body of a person who died when a fourth floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)