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Ontario Provincial Police Insp. Percy Jollymore noted that the number had been fluctuating with some names being taken off the list, and others added.

“The problem with this is there’s no precise science, we don’t know who was in the mall when it collapsed,” said Jollymore.

Meanwhile, a rescue official said at least two people were trapped in the rubble as crews worked around the clock to stabilize the scene and make it safe enough for search and rescue teams to go in today.

Provincial police said images of the Algo Centre Mall’s partially collapsed car park roof showed a hand and a foot in the dusty debris.

The roof came down with a thunderous crash just before 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, injuring at least 22 people.

Heather Richer owns a restaurant in the mall and was at work when it happened.

“I’m hoping everyone’s found, but I’m giving up hope on whether they’re going to find them alive,” she said Sunday.

Bianka Manning, a teacher from the local French high school V.F.J., said she feared a former high school classmate may be trapped among the wreckage.

Manning said her friend worked at the mall’s lottery kiosk, but she didn’t know if she was inside the mall when the roof caved in.

Manning and two of her students spent all of Sunday night sitting outside the mall wrapped in blankets, waiting for news.

“She might be alone in there, but she wasn’t alone all night,” said Manning, 36. “Somebody was with her — maybe not in there, but we’re out here for her.”