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Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed railway bridge in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin Municipality, north China, on November 1, 2020. [Photo/CCTV]
BEIJING – A bridge collapse killed seven people and injured five on Sunday in Tianjin.
According to the Jinbinhai news app, the accident happened in the new Tianjin Bay area around 9 am on Sunday, when Tianjin South Ring Railway Maintenance Co was renovating the bridge in the k4 + 300 meter section of the Lingang Railway, a about 50 kilometers from the city center.
Rescue teams, including medics, firefighters and public safety officers, were dispatched to the scene shortly after the accident. A total of 192 firefighters and 10 search and rescue dogs were at the scene, and search work ended around 6:30 p.m., according to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management.
The head of the renovation project at the site is now in the custody of the local public safety department and the cause of the accident is still under investigation.
The city’s Party chief Li Hongzhong and Mayor Liao Guoxun rushed to the scene to oversee the rescue work and ensure that saving lives was prioritized, according to Tianjin Daily’s Wechat public account. They emphasized paying close attention to renovation safety and continuing the investigation.
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