Eight people have been killed after a series of unexplained building collapses in eastern China and there are fears the death toll could rise as rescuers searched through the rubble.
Four buildings caved in during the early hours on Monday in the Wenzhou region of Zhejiang province, the Lucheng district government said in a social media post.
Eight people were found dead and five rescued by midday, it said, without giving indications of the number of missing.
The official Xinhua news agency said rescuers were still verifying the number of people trapped under the debris. It reported an "initial estimate" that more than 20 people had been buried.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
Pictures from the scene showed workers in orange suits sifting through a mountain of debris.
Rescue operation
Al Jazeera's Adrian Smith, reporting from the Chinese capital Beijing, said hundreds of police and soldiers were involved in the rescue operation.
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