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(240711) -- BEIJING, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A flamingo feeds its newborns at the Longsha Zoological & Botanical Garden in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Li He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

11 killed in middle school gym roof collapse in northeast China

STORY: 11 killed in middle school gym roof collapse in northeast China DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: QIQIHAR, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue scene STORYLINE: Rescuers said Monday that eleven people have been killed in a roof collapse in a middle school gymnasium that took place on Sunday in Qiqihar City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. All 15 trapped were pulled out as the last trapped person was found Monday morning without vital signs, the rescue headquarters for the accident said at around 10 a.m. Monday. The remaining four people have been checked without life-threatening injuries. The roof collapse was reported at 2:56 p.m. Sunday, according to the provincial fire and rescue department. There were 19 people in the gymnasium covering about 1,200 square meters at the No. 34 Middle School of Qiqihar in Longsha District when the accident occurred. Four people escaped on their own and 15 were trapped, the municipal search and rescue headquarters said

Gym ceiling collapse traps more than 10 in NE China school

STORY: Gym ceiling collapse traps more than 10 in NE China school DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of collapsed school gymnasium STORYLINE: Eight people had been pulled out as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday after the ceiling structure of a school gymnasium collapsed and trapped over ten people in Qiqihar City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The collapse of the ceiling structure was reported at 2:56 p.m. Sunday, according to the provincial fire and rescue department. Search and rescue operations are in full swing at the gymnasium covering about 1,200 square meters at the No. 34 Middle School in Longsha District. The gymnasium's walls have a grid structure, and the ceiling is made of concrete slabs. Further investigations are still ongoing. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)