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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
XINING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Six people were killed and 10 were missing as of 12 p.m. Friday after cables broke at a bridge construction site across the Yellow River in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
The cables broke on Friday night at around 3:00 a.m. on a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai railway. According to preliminary investigation data, 16 workers were at the scene at the time of the accident.
Immediately after receiving the emergency report, the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China sent a task force to the scene to lead the rescue operation. The department called for the location of the workers involved in the accident to be established as soon as possible, and for all forces to be used to search for and rescue people who fell into the water after the cables broke.
There was also a call for the rapid identification of the causes of the incident and the prevention of similar tragedies in the future.
The bridge is a steel truss arch and its main span was expected to be closed by the end of this month.
The search and rescue operation involves more than 380 personnel from various agencies, including emergency management, fire control, transport, public safety, health and armed police. Also involved are 66 vehicles and 23 boats. -0-
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