BEIJING – end rescue effort in a Chinese village in the north in a two-storey restaurant, collapsed during a party of local 80th birthday, leaving 29 dead, authorities said on Sunday. The Ministry of Emergency Management, said another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when suddenly on Saturday crumbled building. There was no immediate word what caused the crash or the fate of the birthday guest and other celebrants. Hundreds of rescue workers with sniffer dogs, cranes and high-tech sensors had sought the debris, lifting concrete slabs, hoping to rescue survivors. The official China Daily newspaper said that the building collapsed at 9:40 Saturday. He said the security committee on the Government’s work would monitor the investigation into the causes of the accident. While China has been significant improvements for industrial safety, building codes are sometimes especially in rural areas, as in the province of Xiangfen Shanxi, about 630 km ignored (400 miles) southwest of Beijing, where the restaurant is located he saw. The region is located in the heart of coal country of China, where thousands of miners died in explosions, collapses and flooding over the years. Image copyright Chenguang Yang Xinhua via AP
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