BEIJING: At least 17 people died after a two-storey restaurant in northern China collapsed during a gathering on Saturday morning (Aug 29), state media said, with rescuers pulling dozens of survivors from the rubble and searching for others believed to be trapped.
The building is located in Shanxi province's Xiangfen county, about 630km southwest of Beijing.
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Xinhua news agency reported that "45 people have been brought out, of which 17 were dead, seven seriously injured and 21 slightly injured".
Rescuers in orange overalls and hard hats combed the crumbled ruin of the building, images on broadcaster CGTN's website showed, with a decorative painting seen on one of the few walls still intact.
Rescuers and medics gather near the site of a collapsed two-storey restaurant in Xiangfen county in Northern China's Shanxi province on Aug 29, 2020. (Photo: Chinatopix via AP)
About 700 people were involved in the rescue operation, CGTN said.
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Video posted by China Central Television showed them hefting heavy pieces of concrete. At Read More – Source
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