Shoe factory collapse in China kills 13, injures 30

At least 13 people were killed and more than 30 injured Saturday when a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reports.

The building was in the Zhejiang province city of Wenling, The Associated Press reports. Nine people were able to escape, and one person is still missing. The Wenling city government said that rescuers pulled 42 people out of the rubble, with nine later dying at the hospital. Four bodies were removed from the debris on Sunday.

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