18 dead in rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in E China

Photo taken by a mobile phone shows rescuers working at the accident site in Huangdao Island, east China's Shandong Province, May 11, 2014. Eighteen people were killed and another three injured early Sunday morning after a rainstorm-triggered wall collapsed here, said local authorities. (Xinhua)

Eighteen people were killed and another three injured early Sunday morning after a rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, said local authorities.

At 5:48 am Sunday, an earth-retaining wall collapsed and fell onto a makeshift house for staff at a processing site of a Shandong renewable resource company at Huangdao Island, said the press office with the Qingdao city government.

The wall collapsed due to waterlogging after a rainstorm.

Rescuers soon rushed to the site and conducted a search.

As of Sunday noon, rescue work had finished. Three injured people have been sent to receive medical treatment.

Investigation into the incident is under way.