A scene of the accident site of a road collapse in
Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province on Sunday night.
(Photo: Xinhua)
Workers repair the main road. (Photo:
Xinhua)
Firefighters stand by the accident site. (Photo:
Xinhua)
Many citizens observe the accident site of the road
collapse. (Photo: Xinhua)
A blast caused a segment
of an arterial road to collapse in Nanjing, capital of east China's
Jiangsu province on Sunday afternoon, local Modern Express
reported.
No casualty was reported
from the accident, which took place at a construction site of the
city's metro line on Hanzhong road.
The collapse took place
at around 4:39 pm in front of Jinpeng Building and left a nearly
50-square-meter pit and serious traffic congestion. Gas supply
system nearby was also shut off for safety concern, the report
said.
The municipal government
and related departments rushed to the accident site and carried out
emergency measures.
The city's traffic
administration asked drivers to detour while the repair work was
underway.
About 2,500 households
and four enterprises were affected by the gas cutoff, which would
be resumed on Monday.
In addition, around 400
residents near the collapse were evacuated to safety. All of them
will get subsidies from the government.
According to an official
of Nanjing's subway authority, the cave-in was caused by a blast
operation at the subway construction site.
(CRI December 17,
2007)
