* At least six people have died and 16 others have been injured

* Passerby, a retired armed police officer, was among the group of people who tried to help the woman out of the sinkhole, but ended up falling in themselves after the road caved in again. As soon as I reached her, (the road) collapsed again and there was nothing at the bottom, and several people who were helping out with me fell through...

* an explosion took off due to the electricity cable. The sound was huge ... a water pipe broke, and water poured in..
He pulled out a teenager stuck in sludge at the bottom of the pit, and held another child in his arms as they tried to walk up to the edge to climb up

* He suffered multiple bone fractures and is being treated in hospital

* there are mounting concerns that poor safety standards of public construction projects in Chinese cities -- which have expanded rapidly in recent decades -- could have played a role

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