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At least 40 people have been killed when a platform collapsed at a construction site in China’s Jiangxi province.
The accident took place at a power plant in Fengcheng where a cooling tower was under construction.
There were a number of people still trapped at the scene, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
Jiangxi province’s fire services said 32 fire trucks and 212 soldiers had been deployed.
A total of 68 people were at the construction site at the time of the accident.