At least four people have died after a five-story apartment building collapsed in eastern China's Anhui province.
According to Xinhua News Agency, part of a five-story building suddenly collapsed within a residential apartment complex in Tongling City, Anhui Province, yesterday afternoon.
Five people were buried in this accident, and although the fire department attempted to rescue them, four people died.
Regarding this accident, experts estimated that heavy rain over the past few days may have weakened the ground.
Foreign media, including the Associated Press, also raised the possibility that in addition to heavy rain, structural problems such as poor construction and illegal expansion and renovation were the causes.