At least three migrant worker was killed and 43 others injured in a building collapse in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening.
Workers at the site said nearly 100 migrant workers were at the construction site in Xiamen when the building collapsed, and many were buried.
An unspecified number of injured workers have been sent to several local hospitals, and Zhongshan Hospital handled 16 injured men.
One of the workers died from with serious head injuries.
A rescue operation was still underway and the total number of the casualties was still not clear by press time.
The workers were adding a second story to the building when the accident took place at around 6 pm.
(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2003)
