A woman has been found alive in the rubble of a building that partially collapsed almost six days earlier, Chinese state media has said
This includes its owner, on suspicion of ignoring building codes or committing other violations.
Three people in charge of design and construction were also held, along with five others who allegedly gave a false safety assessment for a guest house on the building's fourth to sixth floors.An aerial photo shows the site of the collapsed residential building in Changsha, central China's Hunan ProvinceLast month, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for additional checks to uncover structural weaknesses.
Following the building collapse at the weekend, he urged for more victims to be found in the rubble"at all costs". Poor adherence to safety standards, including the illegal addition of extra floors and failure to use reinforcing iron bars, is often blamed for similar disasters. China also suffers from decaying infrastructure such as gas pipes that has led to explosions and collapses.
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