Metal shed cave in kills one, injures several others

One person died and several others were injured after the metal shed of a local market fell on Monday morning in Yiyang, Hunan province due to large amount of snowfall, China Central Television reported.

The TV station quoted the head of the market as saying that six people who have been trapped under the shed have been rescued and they are in stable condition, while seven to eight people were injured and sent to hospital.

The market covers an area of around 1,000 square meters and mainly sells daily necessities.

Freezing rain and snow have battered most parts of Hunan province since Thursday and local authorities have raised its emergency response for rain, snow and freezing temperatures from level IV to level III.

Local authorities have been asked to conduct a thorough inspection on all kinds of sheds as the snowfall and freezing rain has made them dangerous.

All sheds that are covered by snow should stop use and no people should live or enter such places. No large gathering events should be hosted under the sheds, according to a notice issued on Monday.