9 dead in East China factory collapse
(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-07-05 07:50HANGZHOU - Nine people died in hospital after being rescued from the rubble of a factory building that collapsed on Saturday afternoon in East China's Zhejiang province, local government said.
Fifty-one people were working in the factory building of a shoemaker in Wenling City when it collapsed at around 4 pm and 9 narrowly escaped. Rescuers saved 42 in the ruin and sent them to hospital as of 1:30 am.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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