NANCHANG, Feb. 26 -- One person was killed after a residential building collapsed in east China's Jiangxi province on Friday afternoon, local sources said.

Another person was found injured, said rescuers.

There were 30 households living in the six-storey building in Pingxiang city in the west of the province, the upper part of which fell down at about 2:18 p.m..

According to local residents, the old building near a primary school was constructed decades ago. Cause of the accident is being investigated.