Buildings collapse after subsidence in S China
时间：2013-01-29 08:46:07
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GUANGZHOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two buildings consisting of six shops collapsed1 Monday afternoon after subsidence in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, the municipal government has confirmed.
At around 4:40 p.m., subsidence occurred at a road
junction2 in the Liwan district of downtown Guangzhou. Two neighboring shop buildings collapsed successively, said the Guangzhou municipal government press department.
The subsidence area, about 10-meter in depth, extended about 100 square meters.
There are no casualties from the incident, which was near a
metro3 tunnel construction site, said Guangzhou Metro Corporation on its official Sina Weibo account, China's version of Twitter.
At 4:20 p.m., metro builders found land
subsiding4 near the project site and helped
evacuate5 the area. Afterwards, the ground sank and buildings collapsed, Guangzhou Metro said.
As of 8 p.m., rescuers adopted risk-prevention methods by backfilling concrete into the subsidence area. Monitoring statistics show that there is no further risk and the accident site is stable, it said.
Guangzhou municipal government authorities launched an emergency response plan and set up headquarters at the site,
evacuating6 nearby residents and preparing for any possible risks.
The cause of the incident is being investigated.
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