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17 died at building collapse in northern China

Posted by lindazhao333 On August - 5 - 2009

Beijing -

An incomplete building collapsed at a thunderstorm on August 4th, in northern China, 17 people were killed, according to the official report.

A two floor building owned by one iron casting company collapsed because of the heavy thunderstorm rain, which hit Shijiazhuang city on Tuesday, August 4th, said by Xinhua News Agency.

Name of the company is Tengfei Malleable Iron Casting Company Ltd., 20 employees of which were buried inside, but only 3 were saved and sent to hospital.

A local man said the building fell down just during a terrible thunder, when the rain dropped to the city, which is 125 miles away from Beijing.

In recent days northern part of China has been facing thunderstorms continuously due to the hot weather and high humidity.

A man from local government told that construction of the building hadn’t been done fully yet, workers were buried at the moment.

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