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Death toll rises to 6 in workshop collapse

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-02 21:09
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NANJING - Six workers died, one was injured and one is still buried after a workshop collapsed Friday in east China's Nantong City, rescuers said.

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The accident happened at 5:50 a.m. in the Gangzha District of Nantong at a heavy-machinery workshop of a subsidiary of China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd.

The injured worker is in a stable condition in hospital.

The rescue operations are continuing as an investigation into the cause of the accident gets underway.
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