Six trapped in Beijing subway tunnel cave-in have slim hope of survival
29/3/2007 16:59
Rescuers have been working hard to reach the six workers who have been
trapped beneath the ground after a subway construction site collapsed but
experts fear the hope of their survival is slim.
An official in charge of the
rescue operation said the efforts to clear away the fallen ground were
completed, and manpower would be soon sent down to look for the six
missing.
In the meantime, the buildings in the vicinity and the underground
pipelines of civilian use are closely monitored so that more unexpected
situations will not occur.
Five of the six workers, who worked for the China
Railway 12th Bureau Group Co Ltd, a stated-owned construction company, are from
Sichuan Province and one more from Henan Province, said sources from the
municipal bureau of public security.
The accident occurred at 9:20 a.m.
yesterday on the route of the No. 10 Subway Line which is under construction in
Haidian Nanlu Road between the third and fourth North Ring Road in the city's
northwestern Haidian District.
The collapsed section covers an area of about
20 square meters and is about 11 meters underground, rescuers said.
Cause of
the collapse is under investigation.
Xinhua
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