Photos: Deadly fireworks explosion and bridge collapse in China
February 1, 2013
Chinese paramilitary policemen pull at car wreckage at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. A truckload of fireworks intended for Lunar New Year celebrations went off Friday in a massive, deadly explosion that destroyed part of an elevated highway in central China, sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. (AP Photo)
Rescuers look for survivors near a wreckage of vehicles after a expressway bridge partially collapsed on the Lianhuo highway in Mianchi county, Henan province February 1, 2013. According to Xinhua News Agency, five people have died and eight others were injured after an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion Friday morning in central China's Henan Province, local government said. The truck was loaded with fireworks and the explosion caused several vehicles to tumble from the 30-meter-high bridge in Mianchi County, a spokesperson of Sanmenxia told Xinhua on Friday afternoon. REUTERS/Carlf Zhang
Rescuers work at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway Friday and sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. State media had conflicting reports on casualties. (AP Photo)
Rescuers work at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers work at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway Friday and sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. State media had conflicting reports on casualties. (AP Photo)
Rescuers work at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. A truckload of fireworks intended for Lunar New Year celebrations went off Friday in a massive, deadly explosion that destroyed part of an elevated highway in central China, sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. (AP Photo)
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway Friday and sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. State media had conflicting reports on casualties. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xiao Meng)
Rescuers work under the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013. A fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed a bridge in central China on Friday, killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-metre long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers work under the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013. A fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed a bridge in central China on Friday, killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-metre long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers work under the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013. A fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed a bridge in central China on Friday, killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-metre long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers work under the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013. A fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed a bridge in central China on February 1, killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers pull a damaged car at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers look for survivors near the wreckage of vehicles after a expressway bridge partially collapsed on the Lianhuo highway in Mianchi county, Henan province February 1, 2013. According to Xinhua News Agency, five people have died and eight others were injured after an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion Friday morning in central China's Henan Province, local government said. The truck was loaded with fireworks and the explosion caused several vehicles to tumble from the 30-meter-high bridge in Mianchi County, a spokesperson of Sanmenxia told Xinhua on Friday afternoon. REUTERS/Stringer
Rescuers work at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers work at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers (bottom) work at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers work at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers carry a dead body (C) at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers try to move a car at the scene of the collapsed Yichang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province, on February 1, 2013 after a fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed the bridge killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the ground, state-run media reported. An 80-meter long part of the bridge collapsed and six vehicles had been retrieved from the debris, China's official news agency Xinhua said. The bridge near the city of Sanmenxia is on the G30 expressway, the longest road in China, which stretches for nearly 4,400 kilometers (2,700 miles) from China's western border with Kazakhstan to the eastern Yellow Sea. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers remove a person who appears to be dead from an accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway Friday and sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. State media had conflicting reports on casualties. (AP Photo)
Rescuers work at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. A truckload of fireworks intended for Lunar New Year celebrations went off Friday in a massive, deadly explosion that destroyed part of an elevated highway in central China, sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. (AP Photo)
Rescuers work at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway Friday and sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. State media had conflicting reports on casualties. (AP Photo)
A rescue worker with a dog looks for victims at the accident site where an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2013. A truckload of fireworks intended for Lunar New Year celebrations went off Friday in a massive, deadly explosion that destroyed part of an elevated highway in central China, sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground. (AP Photo)
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