17 Dead, Others Injured As China Restaurant Collapses

A restaurant in northern China has collapsed on Saturday and claimed 17 lives state media said, with rescuers pulling dozens of survivors from the rubble and searching for others believed to be trapped.

The two-storey building used for banquets came down in the morning in Xiangfen county, in Shanxi province.

it was reported that “45 people have been brought out, of which 17 were dead, seven seriously injured and 21 slightly injured.”

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Rescuers in orange overalls and hard hats combed the crumbled ruin of the building as seven hundred people were involved in the rescue operation.

While the cause of the disaster was not immediately clear, China is no stranger to building collapses and deadly construction accidents.

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