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China officials detain 13 over deadly construction accident
Published November 25, 2016
Chinese authorities say 13 people have been detained over the collapse of scaffolding at a power plant construction site that led to the deaths of 74 workers.
Most of the dead workers were building the interior concrete wall of a massive circular cooling tower 70 meters (230 feet) in the air when the scaffolding collapsed Wednesday morning.
The accident turned a construction site the size of a football field into a mangled heap of steel bars, concrete and wooden planks.
The focus of the investigation has turned to a major engineering firm, Hebei Yineng, which has taken on multiple high-profile power plant projects and has a history of workplace fatalities.
State media reports said the accident occurred during a change of work shifts, possibly accounting for the high death toll.
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