Changsha - five people have been rescued, and another 23 remain trapped after a self -constructed residential building collapsed Friday in the province of Hunan in center of China, said a press conference on Saturday, citing a preliminary report.
The five rescued people have been transferred to the hospital and are in stable conditions. 39 people are also missing near the site of the incident, according to a preliminary investigation of the police.
The incident took place at 12:24 pm in the Wangcheng district in the provincial capital Changsha. <>
The building, with an apartment area of ​​approximately 700 square meters, has eight floors. The first floor has a facade, and a restaurant and a coffee run respectively on the second and third floor. The fourth, fifth and sixth floors are guest houses, and the seventh and eighth floors are private houses.
Tenants have made various degrees of structural modifications for the building, but the exact cause of the collapse is under investigation.
More than 700 people from fire departments, emergency management and public security have joined rescue efforts.
The entire building is about to fall as it receives pressure from the collapsed parts. Therefore, rescuers have urgently reinforced it and have relocated nearby residents due to security concerns.
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