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| Rescuers work at the accident site at the Fengcheng power plant in east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov 24, 2016. ( Photo / Xinhua) |
FENGCHENG, Jiangxi Province -- Seventy-four people have been confirmed dead and another two injured as a platform of a power plant's cooling tower under construction collapsed in east China's Jiangxi Province Thursday, rescuers said.
A platform of cooling tower of the power plant in Jiangxi Province collapsed leading to the deaths
As of 10 pm, 68 victims have been identified. Most of them were born after 1980, with the youngest being 23 years old, and the oldest 53.
These people were working at the site at 7 a.m. when the platform collapsed at the Fengcheng Power Plant in the city of Yichun.
Rescue work is underway.
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Footage showed iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks strewn across the floor of the cooling tower, according to Associated Press news agency.
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| Rescuers are seen at the accident site at the Fengcheng power plant in east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 24, 2016. ( Photo / Xinhua) |
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| Rescuers are seen after an accident at the Fengcheng power plant in east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov 24, 2016. ( Photo / Xinhua) |
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| A dog guides a rescuer at the accident site at the Fengcheng power plant in east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov 24, 2016. ( Photo / Xinhua) |
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| A platform of cooling tower at the Fengcheng power plant collapsed in east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov 24, 2016. (Photo / Xinhua) |
