18 dead in rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in E China

Source: Xinhua | May 11, 2014, Sunday |

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EIGHTEEN people were killed and another three injured early this morning after a rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, said local authorities.

At 5:48am today, an earth-retaining wall collapsed and fell onto a makeshift house for staff at a processing site of a Shandong renewable resource company at Huangdao Island, said the press office with the Qingdao city government.

The wall collapsed due to waterlogging after a rainstorm.

Rescuers soon rushed to the site and conducted a search.

As of this noon, rescue work had finished. Three injured people have been sent to receive medical treatment.

Investigation into the incident is under way.

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18 dead in rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in E China

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