Toll from building collapse in China at 53

The cause of the collapse is under investigation by local authorities and several people have been arrested, according to the report. 

Authorities said on Friday the search had ended for people trapped from the collapse.

The last survivor was pulled out shortly after midnight on Thursday, five-and-a-half days after the residential and commercial building suddenly caved in.

Earlier CCTV reported that 26 people had died in the incident.

With AP