5 trapped people rescued after building collapsed on Friday in Changsha City, China

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Saturday morning, five trapped people were rescued after a residential building collapsed on Friday in Changsha City, capital of Central China's Hunan Province. The rescued are being treated in hospital.
Rescuers are searching for more survivors.
Police have detained the owner.
Multiple residents were trapped when a six-storey building collapsed on April 29, 2022, in Changsha, a city in central China’s Hunan province.
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*** A self-constructed residential building, with a floor area of about 700 square meters, collapsed on Friday in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said, adding that casualties remain unclear as of now.

Two persons, a male and a female, trapped at the site had been rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment by around 11:30 p.m. Friday.

The incident took place at 12:24 p.m. in Wangcheng District in the provincial capital Changsha.

Personnel from fire, emergency management, health and public security departments have arrived at the scene for rescue efforts.
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*** At least 18 people were trapped under a building that collapsed in central China, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled apart the rubble brick by brick in an effort to reach survivors.

The building, which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema, caved in on Friday afternoon in Changsha city, Hunan province, leaving a gaping hole in a densely built street front.

Another 39 people were uncontactable after the incident, the mayor of Changsha told reporters.

It was not clear if authorities believed the people who could not be contacted were also under the rubble.

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