Thirteen workers are missing after a sudden ground collapse at a railway construction site in Shenzhen City, south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities announced on Thursday.
The collapse occurred around 11 p.m. on Wednesday at a site for a section of the Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway in the city’s Bao’an District, according to the district’s emergency management bureau.
An all-out rescue operation has been launched, and the Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a task force to guide the mission. Nearby residents have been evacuated, and temporary traffic controls are in place around the site.
An investigation into the incident is currently underway.
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
