Chinese
state media say a number of people are missing after a landslide buried
buildings in the southern city of Shenzhen. The landslide also reportedly
caused an explosion in a gas pipeline.
Deutsche Welle, 20 December 2015
The
landslide in Guangdong province on Sunday buried some 22 buildings and left 27
people missing in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, Chinese state media
reported.
Earlier
reports by the state-run Xinhua news agency spoke of 41 people missing after
the landslide, which hit the city's Liuxi Industrial Park, also causing the
collapse of at least one building.
Some 700 rescuers are reported to be scouring the site for survivors |
Xinhua said
four people had so far been rescued from the rubble, three of whom had suffered
slight injuries. It was unclear whether there had been any fatalities.
Hundreds of
rescuers were at the scene looking for survivors, Xinhua said. Local
authorities said most residents had been evacuated from the buildings before
the landslide hit.
The
official broadcaster China Central Television said a section of the major
West-East natural gas pipeline also exploded.
A landslide
last month in rural Zhejiang province killed 38 people after burying 27 homes.
tj/jlw (Reuters, dpa, AFP)
Huge China landslide, caused by illegal soil dumping, leaves 91 missing https://t.co/LWMjtmNNj2 pic.twitter.com/X76tnM3DvU
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 21, 2015
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