Death toll rises to 29 in north China restaurant collapse

Rescuers search for victims in the aftermath of the collapse of a two-story restaurant in Xiangfen county in northern China’s Shanxi province (Chinatopix via AP)

Chinese authorities say the death toll has risen to 29 in the collapse of a two-story restaurant in the northern province of Shanxi.

The Ministry of Emergency Management says another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the building suddenly crumbled during an 80th birthday celebration for a resident on Saturday.