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Death toll rises to 26 in central China building collapse

Xinhua

Updated: 2022-05-05 21:21

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Rescuers pull out the tenth survivor, a female, from the debris at around 12:00 am Thursday, about 132 hours after the collapse occurred. [Photo/Xinhua]

CHANGSHA - The death toll has risen to 26 as of Thursday night after a self-built residential structure collapsed in Central China's Hunan province, local authorities said.

The building collapse happened in Wangcheng district in the provincial capital Changsha on April 29.

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