<p>At least two people have died in a building that collapsed in central China, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, four days into a rescue operation searching for dozens still missing.</p>.<p>The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema -- caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort with hundreds of emergency responders.</p>.<p>"Nine people have been extracted, and two have died," Xinhua said Tuesday citing local officials, without specifying if the dead were among those extracted from the rubble.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, emergency workers had pulled out a woman alive from the flattened structure, state media said, hailing it as a "miracle".</p>.<p>She was the ninth person to be extracted from the debris in four days, and state broadcaster CCTV showed footage of a person wrapped in a thick striped blanket being carried on a stretcher.</p>.<p>"Looking forward to more miracles," CCTV wrote on its official social media page.</p>.<p>The Communist Party-run People's Daily said the woman was conscious and able to talk to rescuers through a small hole before being rescued, adding that her "vital signs were stable."</p>.<p>The collapsed building had left a gaping hole in the dense streetscape of Changsha city.</p>.<p>Over the weekend, state media showed firefighters backed by heavy machinery trying to cut through mangled metal and concrete.</p>.<p>At least 14 were people still known to be trapped in the rubble while no contact had been established with 39 others.</p>.<p>Nine people -- including the building's owner and a team of safety inspectors -- have been detained in connection with the accident, according to Changsha police.</p>.<p>Authorities have alleged that surveyors falsified a safety audit of the building.</p>.<p>President Xi Jinping had called for a search "at all cost" and ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the collapse, state media reported.</p>.<p>Building collapses are not uncommon in China due to weak safety and construction standards, as well as corruption among officials tasked with enforcement.</p>.<p>In January, an explosion triggered by a suspected gas leak brought down a building in the city of Chongqing, killing at least 16 people.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>At least two people have died in a building that collapsed in central China, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, four days into a rescue operation searching for dozens still missing.</p>.<p>The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema -- caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort with hundreds of emergency responders.</p>.<p>"Nine people have been extracted, and two have died," Xinhua said Tuesday citing local officials, without specifying if the dead were among those extracted from the rubble.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, emergency workers had pulled out a woman alive from the flattened structure, state media said, hailing it as a "miracle".</p>.<p>She was the ninth person to be extracted from the debris in four days, and state broadcaster CCTV showed footage of a person wrapped in a thick striped blanket being carried on a stretcher.</p>.<p>"Looking forward to more miracles," CCTV wrote on its official social media page.</p>.<p>The Communist Party-run People's Daily said the woman was conscious and able to talk to rescuers through a small hole before being rescued, adding that her "vital signs were stable."</p>.<p>The collapsed building had left a gaping hole in the dense streetscape of Changsha city.</p>.<p>Over the weekend, state media showed firefighters backed by heavy machinery trying to cut through mangled metal and concrete.</p>.<p>At least 14 were people still known to be trapped in the rubble while no contact had been established with 39 others.</p>.<p>Nine people -- including the building's owner and a team of safety inspectors -- have been detained in connection with the accident, according to Changsha police.</p>.<p>Authorities have alleged that surveyors falsified a safety audit of the building.</p>.<p>President Xi Jinping had called for a search "at all cost" and ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the collapse, state media reported.</p>.<p>Building collapses are not uncommon in China due to weak safety and construction standards, as well as corruption among officials tasked with enforcement.</p>.<p>In January, an explosion triggered by a suspected gas leak brought down a building in the city of Chongqing, killing at least 16 people.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>