Xining, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three people trapped in a tunnel cave-in in northwest China's Qinghai Province were found dead by early Wednesday, said local authorities.
The tunnel under construction in Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, the city of Haidong, collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, trapping three, reports Xinhua news agency.
Nearly 270 rescuers from departments of emergency management, fire and public security were racing against time to find the missing people.
A total of 14 rescue vehicles, including excavators and loaders, were used, and rescuers cleaned up about 600 cubic metres of earth and rock in the tunnel.
According to the city's emergency management bureau, an investigation into the causes is underway, and business operations of companies involved in the accident have been suspended.
Further details are awaited.
Source: IANS
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
