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Six confirmed dead in south China landslide
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-11-25 06:49 NANNING -- All the six missing people had been confirmed dead as of Monday night and six more were treated in hospital after a landslide in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday, the rescue headquarters said.
The body of the sixth person was excavated at 11:40 pm Monday after more than 30 hours of arduous search by fire-fighters, said Liang Yaode, an official of Hechi City in northern Guangxi. The landslide occurred at around 11:37 am in Fengshan County of Hechi, when about 21,000 cubic meters of rock and soil buried 16 buildings, including at least two homes, said county chief Huang Deyi. At least two tractors, a car and a motorbike were buried in the rubble as the landslide buried more than 300 meters of a pivotal highway in the county, Huang said.
The local government launched all-out rescue operation immediately after the accident and had retrieved five bodies by 0:15 am Monday, said Xiong Chaofu, the county's deputy chief. He said the dead, one of whom was a woman, included residents and passers-by. The accident also caused six injuries, two of which were critical. However, there was no danger to their life, Liang Yaode said. |