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Building collapses on Shanghai metro line
( 2003-07-02 07:56) (newsphoto)
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| A police officer and a firefighter pass by the
wreckage of a collapsed six-storey office building near a metro
line construction site in Shanghai on July 1. 2003. The building
began to shake in the early morning and came down around
9am. Eastday.com said the accident was caused by drifting sands that
suddenly poured into the cross-Huangpu-River metro line M4 that night,
causing the ground to subside. [newsphoto.com.cn] |
A gap can be seen in the ground. |
Several neighbouring building also begin to
lean. |
The rescue mission. |
Police inspect the wreckage as a
worker looks on. |
Police blocks the
site. |
People look
on. |
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