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Broken beam injures 41
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-08 07:26

Forty-one people were injured when a cement beam collapsed in the Tianjin Digital Television Mansion on Sunday, Eastday.com reported yesterday. Police, firefighters and emergency medical staff rushed to the site to assist the victims, six of whom were seriously injured.

Municipal Party secretary Zhang Gaoli called for excellent treatment of the injured and an investigation of the incident as soon as possible, the website reported.

A total of 1.5 billion yuan ($218 million) had been spent on the construction of the mansion, which was expected to open this year.