A restaurant collapses over its customers in China

At least 17 people died and 28 were injured after the collapse of a two-story restaurant in eastern China, according to the Chinese CGTN website.

Footage broadcast by the Chinese state television network showed the civil defense personnel trying to save some victims.

The rescue operation lasted a whole day as civil defense personnel lifted all heavy concrete pieces to search for victims of the collapse that occurred in a restaurant in Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province, about 630 km southwest of the capital, Beijing.

And official media stated that 700 people took part in the rescue operations.

While the reason for the collapse of the building is not known yet.