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Rescuers search for 13 workers missing after a railroad construction site collapses in south China

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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are searching for 13 workers who went missing after a construction site caved in in the southern business center of Shenzhen. An emergency management bureau’s statement said the collapse occurred suddenly at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday at the construction site of a section of the Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway in Bao’an district. Residents living nearby have been evacuated. Investigation into the cause was underway. State broadcaster CCTV reported some roads were closed during the operation.

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