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1st LD: 14 remains trapped in east China factory collapse

Xinhua, July 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Fourteen people were still trapped in the rubble of a factory building that collapsed on Saturday afternoon in east China's Zhejiang Province, rescuers said.

The rescuers said 51 people were working in the factory building in Wenling City when it collapsed at around 4 p.m.. They have pulled 37 out.

More than 10 people have been hospitalized after the shoemaking factory collapsed, a local hospital said. Endi