One worker was killed and two others are missing after a
workshop under demolishment collapsed yesterday morning at a cement
plant in Lin'an City in Zhejiang Province.
Nine workers were tearing down a six-story workshop at the
Shanggan No.1 Cement Factory when the top two stories came crashing
down at around 9 AM Thursday. Five workers escaped while four
others were buried under rubble, according to the local
government.
Rescuers later found two trapped workers, both seriously
injured. One died in hospital and the other is still in critical
condition, said Shi Yongzhong, head of the rescue group.
Little progress was made in the search of the two others as the
remaining part of the workshop might collapse at any time, Shi
said.
Also yesterday, a worker was killed and nine others injured when
the roof of a gas station collapsed in Wenchang, Hainan Province,
according to local newspaper reports.
The contractor and private gas station owner were detained and
an investigation was underway.
In another development yesterday, a miner was rescued after
having survived an 11-day ordeal trapped in a gypsum mine that
caved in. This happened on November 6 in Xingtai County, Hebei
Province.
(Xinhua News Agency, China Daily November 18,
2005)