SKN PULSE – Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Rescue workers look for survivors after a platform collapsed at the Fengcheng power plant in eastern China’s Jiangxi province. Photograph: AP
At least 40 people were killed in China after a platform in an unfinished power plant cooling tower collapsed, the latest industrial accident in a country plagued by chronic workplace tragedies.
An unknown number of workers remain trapped hours after the platform collapsed at 7am local time in the eastern province of Jiangxi, the official Xinhua news agency reported.