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12 killed in SW China plant collapse
(Xinhua/CFP)
Updated: 2009-03-24 13:59 CHONGQING -- The death toll rose to 12 Monday in a chemical storage facility collapse after the last body was recovered in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
The accident occurred around 4 p.m. at a Jianfeng Chemical Co. Ltd. building which was under construction when the ceiling collapsed, said Tang Zongwei, government head of the Fuling District. "As of 8:30 p.m., rescuers recovered all 12 bodies from the debris. No new bodies were found after several checks," he said.
"There was no chemical leakage as the facility under construction has not been put into use," Tang said. An investigation into the accident was continuing. |
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