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Six people died when a tornado hit the Amazon warehouse, which labor advocates say highlighted the unsafe working conditions at the company.

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Six Amazon employees were killed in an Edwardsville warehouse during a tornado, raising questions about whether the company did enough to help them.

The six people were killed when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse, causing it to collapse.

Missouri and Illinois have few state regulations directly related to tornado safety. Some elected officials are now questioning whether current building requirements are enough to protect residents from powerful storms.

Local agencies are already examining if there were any structural issues with the building and how a tornado’s trajectory may have affected parts of the warehouse.

Officers from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have been at the Amazon warehouse northeast of the Interstate 255/270 interchange since Saturday.