Eight people are confirmed dead from a residential building collapse that occurred early Monday morning in Wenzhou, Zhejiang.
Five survivors have been recovered by rescue crews from the ruins of the building, said to have collapsed at 4AM.
Early reports say some 20 people are suspected to have been living in the four apartments that collapsed. The five-story residential unit was an attached part of a townhouse complex in Wenzhou’s Lucheng District.
Dozens of rescuers were seen sifting through the wreckage by hand in order to reach trapped victims.
The cause of the collapse has not been determined. Southern Capital reported that steel reinforcing bars are not seen in the ruins of the collapsed building, which appears to be made from concrete bricks and wood.
A number of residential building collapses have occurred around China in recent years, causing a number of fatalities.
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The collapse of a three-story building in Shanghai was caught on video this past March, while six people died in a six-story residential building collapse in Pingxiang, Jiangxi back in February.
Last year saw ten people die in a May apartment collapse in Guizhou, two people injured in a July apartment collapse in Hangzhou, and 17 people die in collapse during renovations for a building in Henan in October.
