At least 17 people were killed and 25 others injured in two separate accidents, including a fire at a worker’s dormitory, in China today.
Twelve people were killed and 24 injured when the fire broke out at the dormitory area of a water-diversion project
site in Zhouzhi County, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Of the injured, 22 are still under medical treatment and two have been discharged from hospital for slight
injuries, the report said.
In another accident, five people were killed and one person injured when an expressway tunnel collapsed
in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
A total of seven people were working within the tunnel at the Najia Township in Debao County when a section of it
collapsed.
One person managed to escape.
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