No casualties in SE China building collapse

No one was killed or injured after a building collapsed in southeast China's Fujian Province on Monday afternoon, local authorities have confirmed.

The four-storey building in downtown Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian, was being renovated when it collapsed at around 4 p.m., according to sources with the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China.

All the construction workers had left the building before it collapsed, the committee sources said, citing the builders.

The building, constructed in the 1970s, covered a base area of 250 square meters.

Search and rescue work has ended and an investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.