On the 8th, reporters learned from the Information Office of the Foshan Municipal People's Government that at 7 p.m. on February 7, a sudden water inrush occurred at the right-line construction site of the shield tunneling section from Ludaohu to Huyong in the CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. bid section of Phase I of the Foshan Metro Line 2 project. Workers attempted to plug the leak but failed. By about 8:40 p.m., the water inrush area at the site had expanded, causing deformation and damage to tunnel segments and triggering the collapse of a section of Jihua West Road more than 30 meters long. Through emergency rescue efforts, a total of 9 construction workers were rescued, and none are currently in life-threatening danger. According to a preliminary verification, the accident caused 8 deaths and left 3 people missing. Rescue and follow-up work are still underway.
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Death toll in Foshan, Guangdong tunnel collapse rises to 10, with 1 person still missing
According to the latest notice from the Information Office of the Foshan Municipal People's Government in Guangdong Province on the evening of the 8th, as of 7:05 p.m. on February 8, rescuers had successively rescued two more trapped people from the collapse site at the Foshan Metro Line 2 construction site, but on-site diagnosis showed that both had no vital signs. As a result, the death toll in the accident has risen to 10, with one other person still missing.