16 killed in Chinese house roof collapse

At least 16 people were killed and 29 injured when the roof of a new house in a northern Chinese village collapsed during a celebration for its completion, the official Xinhua News Agency said today.

The collapse happened yesterday afternoon in Wulanji, a village in the Inner Mongolia region, while the owner Yang Hongyi was throwing a banquet for 50 people who helped him build it, Xinhua said.