At least five people died on Thursday after a building collapsed in Shanghai, according to local media reports.
A further 14 people were being treated in hospital, according to Thepaper.cn, after the roof of a former car repair shop that was undergoing a conversion collapsed. Several people were still feared trapped in the rubble as more than 150 rescue workers continued their search for survivors. The building, located beside Zhaohua Road in Changning district, was formerly a Dongchi Mercedes-Benz repair shop, which closed earlier this year.The new building was scheduled to open by the end of the month.
Some local residents said that there had been complaints about the renovation work, which was being carried out round the clock and involved the restructuring of a large part of the building.More than 150 rescue workers and 24 fire engines were dispatched to the scene, the local fire bureau said on its Weibo account.This article first appeared on South China Morning Post
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