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Barn collapse kills 10, injures 9 in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-18 08:58

Site of a barn collapse in China's Guizhou province is shown in this photo taken on Sunday, October 18, 2009. [Xinhua]

GUIYANG: Ten people were killed and another nine injured after a barn in southwest China's Guizhou Province collapsed Saturday afternoon, local authority said.

The accident happened at a barn in Sanhe Town, Renhuai City when the barn staff were receiving grain from farmers, a provincial work safety bureau official said.

Rescuers are still searching at the scene. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

Rescue workers survey the site of a barn collapse in China's Guizhou province in this photo taken on Sunday, October 18, 2009. [Xinhua]