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State Council to oversee probe as restaurant collapse deaths hit 29

Updated: Sep 3, 2020 Print
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The Work Safety Committee of China's State Council will supervise the investigation into Saturday's restaurant collapse in Northern Shanxi province which caused 29 deaths, the committee said in a statement.

The accident happened at around 9:40 am when relatives and fellow villagers were attending the birthday party banquet of an 80-year-old person at a restaurant in Chenzhuang village in Xiangfen county, in the city of Linfen, North China's Shanxi province, witnesses said.

The rescue operation ended at 3:45 am on Sunday. At that point, 57 people had been pulled out of the debris of the collapsed two-story building, including the 29 dead, seven severely injured and 21 slightly injured, rescue headquarters said.

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