29 killed in China restaurant collapse
Sunday - August 30, 2020 9:26 am ,
Category : WORLD
Beijing, Aug 30 (IANS) At least 29 people were killed after a restaurant collapsed in China's Shanxi province, authorities said on Sunday.The accident happened on Saturday during a birthday party banquet for an 80-year-old person at the Juxian Restaurant in Chenzhuang village, Xinhua news agency reported.The rescue work ended at 3.52 a.m. Sunday. A total of 57 people were pulled out of the debris of the collapsed two-storey building. Twenty-nine of them were confirmed dead, seven were severely injured and 21 others suffered minor injuries. The conditions of the seven serious cases were not life-threatening.An investigation team has been set up to probe the accident.
--IANS ksk/
--IANS ksk/
