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> 東京都多摩市で２６日午後２時ごろ、つくっているビルが火事になって、５人が亡くなりました。ビルは３階建てで、 **地下３階まであります** 。  
>  Around 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th in 多摩市 5 people died when a
> building which was under construction caught fire. It's a three storey
> building _and has as many as three basement levels_.

I'm not convinced by my translation of 地下３階まであります.  
1) I would have expected to see が after 地下.  
2) What does まで mean here? My guess is that it means 'as many as', suggesting
that three basement levels is a surprisingly large number.  
3) If my translation is correct then do you not count underground floors when
you state how many storeys a building has (3 above ground + 3 under ground = a
6 storey building)?
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grammar reading-comprehension particle-まで
Meaning of まで in 地下３階まであります
> 「ビルは３階建{がいだ}てで、地下{ちか}３階{がい}まであります。」

You translated that to:

> "It's a three storey building and has **_as many as_** three basement
> levels."

Though it conveys all of the essential information expressed by the original,
"as many as" might not be the best translation. I will come back to this in a
second.

> 1) I would have expected to see が after 地下.

That would have still be grammatical and fairly natural. If anything, however,
it would have sounded just a tiny bit informal for news writing, which is a
fairly "formal" type of writing. You would want to avoid sounding wordy even
if it were by just one syllable.

> 2) What does まで mean here? My guess is that it means 'as many as',
> suggesting that three basement levels is a surprisingly large number.

It means " ** _up to_** " here. You seem to be thinking of another usage of
「まで」. No surprise implied here as it is not like the building has 20 floors in
the basement while having only 3 above the ground.

> 3) If my translation is correct then do you not count underground floors
> when you state how many storeys a building has (3 above ground + 3 under
> ground = a 6 storey building)?

That is correct. You only count what stands above the ground in saying
「N階建{かいだ}てのビル」.
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