13-storey building in Shanghai tips over, 1 dead
27 Jun 2009, 1708 hrs IST, AP
BEIJING: Chinese state media say a 13-storey apartment building under construction in Shanghai has toppled over almost intact, killing one.
The site where a 13-storey building toppled in Shanghai. (Reuters Photo)
Footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed the whole building lying on its side.
The official Xinhua News Agency said that a 28-year-old worker, surnamed Xiao, had gone into the building to get his tools and tried to jump out of the window when the building fell. He was from Anhui province in eastern China.
The accident early on Saturday morning occurred in the “Lotus Riverside'' residential community in Minxing district.
The cause of the incident is being investigated, Xinhua said.
27 Jun 2009, 1708 hrs IST, AP
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BEIJING: Chinese state media say a 13-storey apartment building under construction in Shanghai has toppled over almost intact, killing one.
The site where a 13-storey building toppled in Shanghai. (Reuters Photo)
Footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed the whole building lying on its side.
The official Xinhua News Agency said that a 28-year-old worker, surnamed Xiao, had gone into the building to get his tools and tried to jump out of the window when the building fell. He was from Anhui province in eastern China.
The accident early on Saturday morning occurred in the “Lotus Riverside'' residential community in Minxing district.
The cause of the incident is being investigated, Xinhua said.