BEIJING — A work team has been sent to Shenzhen in South China’s Guangdong province to guide rescue efforts after a ground collapse at a railway construction site left 13 workers missing, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Thursday.
The accident occurred at around 11 pm Wednesday at a construction site of a section of the Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway in the city’s Bao’an district. As of 10 am Thursday, the workers remained missing, according to the ministry.
Os cidadãos próximos foram evacuados e o tráfego transitório foi implementado em todo o site.
Local fire and rescue teams, consisting of 48 vehicles and 198 personnel, are on-site for rescue and emergency response operations, the ministry said.