Rescuers pull a pair of survivors from a collapsed building in central China, two days into a search-and-rescue operation for dozens feared missing
Building collapses are not uncommon in China, due to weak safety and construction standards as well as corruption among officials tasked with enforcement.
The building in Changsha city, Hunan province — which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema — caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense streetscape. More than 50 hours into the rescue effort, a seventh person was rescued on Sunday evening, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after rescuers "detected signs of life" earlier that afternoon.
CCTV showed footage of an ambulance driving the survivor to hospital, while rescuers worked with a digger in the background.
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