At least 17 people are dead after a two-storey restaurant collapsed during a birthday party in northern China.
Seven people have been seriously hurt after the building crumbled during a gathering on Saturday morning.
A further 21 are injured after the tragedy, which happened just before 10am local time.
More than 700 emergency workers have launched a rescue mission at the scene in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province, 400 miles southwest of capital Beijing.
Crews wearing hard hats and masks were pictured helping pull survivors from the rubble.
CCTV footage showed military staff heaving huge slabs of concrete in a bid to free people buried underneath.
It is not yet known why the restaurant, a popular location for gatherings, collapsed.
The frame of the building is still standing – but it appears to be little more than a shell of its former structure.
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