No fewer than 13 people has died on Saturday when a restaurant in northern China collapsed, 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, according to broadcaster CGTN.
The report said, “So far, 43 people have been brought out, including the dead and four seriously injured.”
CGTN also said 700 people were involved in the rescue operation.
While the cause of the disaster was not immediately clear.
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