At Least 5 Dead, 9 Trapped in Shanghai Building Collapse

At Least 5 Dead, 9 Trapped in Shanghai Building Collapse
Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed, in Shanghai, China on May 16, 2019. Aly Song/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—A building that was being refurbished collapsed on May 16 in downtown Shanghai, and at least nine people are trapped while 11 have been pulled from the rubble. Reuters reported that five people were killed.

The building in Shanghai’s Changning district collapsed late in the morning at around 11:30 a.m., trapping some 20 people inside, the city government said in a statement.