Construction company to pay compensation

Compensation of 1.2 million yuan ($173,500) will be paid to the families of each of the workers killed when a platform collapsed at a power plant construction site in Yichun, Jiangxi province, the construction company said on Sunday.

The collapse killed 74 workers and left two injured.

Hebei Yineng Yanta Construction Co will pay the compensation, as well as burial costs.