7 dead in construction accident in north China's Shanxi

A total of seven people were killed after a collapse of scaffolding on a construction site in Anze County, Linfen City of north China's Shanxi Province on Friday night, local authorities confirmed Saturday.

The accident occurred at around 10pm on Friday during the concreting process for a structure when the scaffolding collapsed suddenly. The collapse led to the fall of six workers and one operator of a concrete pump car to the base of the structure, which measuring around 30 meters in height, and they were buried under the reinforced concrete.

Due to factors of the solidification of the cement and the risk of secondary collapse of the scaffolding at the site, the rescue efforts faced challenges, local authorities said.