TWO MORE SURVIVORS PULLED FROM BUILDING COLLAPSE IN CENTRAL CHINA

BEIJING: Rescuers pulled a pair of survivors from a collapsed building in central China on Sunday, state media reported, two days into a search-and-rescue operation for dozens feared missing.

The building in Changsha city, Hunan province - which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema - caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense streetscape.

City officials on Saturday said five survivors had been pulled out of the structure. There are now 16 people believed to remain trapped, authorities say, while no contact has been made with nearly 40 others. More than 50 hours into the rescue effort, a seventh person was rescued Sunday evening, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after rescuers “detected signs of life” earlier that afternoon.