A two-storey building collapsed on Wednesday morning in the county of Jianhu, East China's Jiangsu Province, leaving four dead and three others injured.

The local government source said the building in the village of Chenbao was being whitewashed at the time.

Two people were killed on the spot. Two other seriously injured people later died in hospital.

The other three injured people are out of danger, said the source, adding that an investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2006)