Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2020 shows the rescue site of the collapsed restaurant in Xiangfen County of Linfen City, north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
TAIYUAN, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-nine people have been confirmed dead after a village restaurant collapsed Saturday in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said Sunday.
The accident happened at around 9:40 a.m. Saturday when relatives and fellow villagers were attending a birthday party banquet for an 80-year-old person at Juxian Restaurant in Chenzhuang Village in Xiangfen County, according to the rescue team.
The rescue work was completed at 3:52 a.m. Sunday. A total of 57 people were pulled out of the debris of the collapsed two-story building. Twenty-nine of them were confirmed dead, seven were severely injured and 21 others suffered minor injuries. The conditions of the seven serious cases were not life-threatening.
An investigation team has been set up to probe the accident. ■
