At least 40 people are dead and many more trapped after a platform under construction at a power plant in eastern China collapsed on Thursday. At least 67 people were killed by the collapse of a work platform at a power plant’s cooling tower that was under construction, state media reported. The reported death toll suggested that nearly all the construction workers at the cooling tower perished. Close to 70 people were working at the site when the scaffolding collapsed, according to local media reports. Footage showed debris strewn across the floor of the cavernous concrete cooling tower.

Source: thestar November 24, 2016 14:02 UTC