SPP investigates fatal power plant accident

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China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) sent staff Thursday to investigate a power plant accident that killed 74 in eastern China, it said Friday.

A rescuer is seen at the accident site at the Fengcheng power plant in Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2016. The search and rescue of the accident had almost finished at 11:30 a.m. Friday, according to the rescue and relief headquarters at the scene. The investigation continues. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

A rescuer is seen at the accident site at the Fengcheng power plant in Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2016. The search and rescue of the accident had almost finished at 11:30 a.m. Friday, according to the rescue and relief headquarters at the scene. The investigation continues. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan) 

The victims were working at the Fengcheng Power Plant in the city of Yichun, Jiangxi Province, when a platform of the power plant's cooling tower under construction collapsed at 7 a.m. Thursday.

A further two were injured.

Thirteen people were taken into police custody after the accident.

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