India, May 22 -- The roof of a 650-year-old Fengyang Drum Tower in the city of Chuzhou in East China's Anhui province came crashing to the ground this week. Visuals from the incident showed several eyewitnesses narrowly escaping the collapsing debris.

According to China's Global Times newspaper, the rooftop collapsed at around 6:30 pm on Monday, and no injuries were reported.

An official statement from the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Fengyang County said that following the incident, local officials immediately evacuated bystanders from the scene and cordoned off the area with safety barriers.

In the multiple visuals of the roof collapse, which are circulating on social media, witnesses were seen screaming and running away from the to...