Six people were killed and 10 injured after a gazebo was struck by lightning and collapsed in a town in Changzhou city, East China’s Jiangsu Province on Sunday evening.
According to a statement released by the Jiangsu Changzhou Economic Development Zone on Monday morning, Hengshanqiao township in the economic development zone was hit by severe convective weather on Sunday evening. The strike caused the collapse of a gazebo in Fangmaoshan Park while residents were seeking shelter from a rainstorm.
Following the incident, multiple departments including the local public security, emergency response, firefighting and health authorities immediately launched an all-out effort in rescuing the injured.
As of the search and rescue work concluding at 11 pm, a total of 16 people got injured in the incident and were sent to hospital for treatment. Among them, six were severely injured.
