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Chinese people have expressed alarm online after another gymnasium collapsed in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, the second in months.
The cave-in on Monday night killed three people and came after days of unseasonably cold weather and snowfall.
The victims’ details are still to be disclosed but children were reported to be inside the gym at the time.
Video online showed rescuers scrabbling through snow-covered concrete rubble on a basketball court to find survivors.
Another video shared widely on Chinese social media showed a woman in an icy street, running towards the building while yelling: “My son! My son is in there.”
On Tuesday, authorities confirmed three were killed and one seriously injured inside the Yuecheng Gym Stadium in Jiamusi city.
As news of the disaster spread online, many drew immediate comparisons with another gymnasium collapse in the province earlier this year which killed 11 people.
In July, the concrete roof of a school gymnasium in Qiqihar city collapsed after days of heavy rain.
Authorities said the roof had been weighed down by construction materials left by contractors, and conducted checks of other buildings in the area after the tragedy.
But on Tuesday, alarmed citizens were calling for answers – with the Jiamusi disaster top-trending on Weibo, where it has drawn more than 1.3 billion views.
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