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| Workers search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed platform in a cooling tower |
Only two workers were rescued alive and a third was still missing, state television said.
The accident took place at a power plant in Fengcheng where a cooling tower was under construction.
Industrial accidents are common in China, prompting calls for better safety standards. Last year, 170 people died at a chemical blast in Tianjin.
Jiangxi province’s fire services said some 32 fire trucks and 212 soldiers had been deployed in the rescue efforts.
Photos posted by Chinese media showed iron pipes and concrete slabs lying on the ground inside the large cooling tower
Sensitive to a Chinese public which is increasingly intolerant of lax safety standards, the government sent a senior official from the capital to supervise the investigation, and said those responsible for the disaster would be held accountable.
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