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Factory building collapse kills 3 in Shanghai

(Xinhua)

09:35, July 05, 2013

SHANGHAI, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and four others injured when a factory building under construction collapsed on Thursday afternoon in Shanghai, local authorities said.

The accident occurred around 5 p.m. within a factory in Pudong New Area, sources with the city's work safety watchdog said.

Witnesses said the one-story building collapsed after a beam, lifted by a crane, crashed onto it.

The injured have been sent to a nearby hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known.

Further investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.

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