60 Missing after Landslide in Shaanxi

60 Missing after Landslide in Shaanxi
Aug 13, 2015 By eChinacities.com

60 people are missing after a landslide hit Shaanxi's Sanyang county Wednesday morning. 14 were rescued from the scene.

The landslide buried homes, and dormitories in a mountain village owned by the Shaanxi Wuzhou Mining Company. Fifteen dormitories and three residential buildings were buried.

A firefighter on the scene said that a huge amount of earth collapsed into the area, which was located between two mountains.

Source: inews.qq.com

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