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Six dead, two injured in landslide in NW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-07-05 22:07

XI'AN - Six people are dead, two injured and an unknown number still buried after a rain-triggered landslide engulfed eight houses in northwestern Shaanxi province.

Eight people have been pulled out of debris after a 5,000-cubic-meter landslide hit Lueyang county in the city of Hanzhong at 11:15 am Tuesday, said publicity officials with the county committee of the Communist Party of China.

Five people were killed on the spot. One died later after treatment failed. Rescuers said they believed people were still buried.

More than 400 rescuers, with specialized digging equipment, were searching for the buried, officials said.

The landslide happened 200 meters from the Provincial Highway 309 connecting Shaanxi's Lueyang county with Kangxian county of Gansu porovince. About 400 vehicles were stranded Tuesday due to the accident.