Beijing bites

House collapse hurts four

A makeshift house in Shenjiacun village, Chaoyang district collapsed yesterday. Four people have been rescued, and it is suspected more were still buried under the debris at 1 am yesterday.

Nearly 30 construction workers lived in the 400 sq m temporary house when it fell down. Most of them escaped during the accident. Firefighters and sniffer dogs were dispatched to search for trapped people, the Beijing Times reported yesterday.