One man was taken to hospital and was confirmed to be one of the 76 missing, the Guangdong province fire department said on its official microblog. The other was badly injured and was still being removed from the debris.

But an animation-story suggest that Either because of corruption or simple negligence, officials chose to ignore the 380,000 square meters of construction debris that towered over the outskirts of one of the most populous cities in China.

That is, until everything came crashing down on Sunday, when a massive wave of mud and construction debris blanketed 33 buildings and scores of people who were unable to escape fast enough.