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南非一座商场的屋顶坍塌 数十人被困 One person has died and about 50 are feared trapped after a roof collapsed at the construction site of a South African shopping mall, officials say. 南非一处正在施工的购物中心屋顶发生坍塌，造成1人死亡、50余人被困。 Those trapped are believed to be construction workers ? Rescue teams are working in the dark and using sniffer dogs to look for survivors beneath the rubble at the site in Tongaat, north of Durban. ? About 30 people had been taken to hospital - some with massive traumatic injuries, paramedics say. ? Officials said those trapped were construction workers. ? Sniffer dogs ? Rescue operations are becoming extremely difficult in the dark, rescue operator Neil Powell told the BBC World Service radio programme Focus on Africa. ? Mr Powell said the workers were trapped in a large amount of rubble and scaffolding（脚手架）. ? The deputy mayor of the municipality told South African media that authorities had obtained an injunction（禁令，劝告） a month ago to halt construction at the site. ? There are areas of the law that they [construction firms] did not follow in terms of building, Nomvuzo Shabalala told broadcaster ENCA.? ? We were not aware that they were continuing building, she added. ? Chris Botha, from the ambulance company Netcare 911, said it was too early to know the cause of the collapse. ? It is going to be a long operation. It will take time to get to everyone, he told the BBC. ? The accident happened around 16:30 local time. ? About 100 rescue workers are at the scene, where hydraulic equipment is being used to break through the concrete blocks. ? Tongaat is a small town about 40km north of Durban and has a large South African Asian population. ? Nearby transport routes to Tongaat had been affected as the main road through the town has been shut to traffic and trains have been stopped, Mr Powell said.