A landslide which swept through an industrial park in southern China buried more than 20 buildings in a sea of mud, left 27 people missing and triggered a gas explosion on Sunday, state media reported.
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According to Chinese state media, the landslide swamped 454,000 square yards of three industrial parks in the southern city of Shenzhen on Sunday, covering a number of low-rise buildings, factories and homes.
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The Shenzhen government said Monday that seven trapped people have been rescued and 16 others, including children, have been hospitalized, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported.
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Persistent rain fell in the area yesterday, although it was not clear whether that was hampering rescue efforts.
The amount of mud and waste at the site was enormous and was stacked too steeply, “causing instability and collapse, resulting in the collapse of buildings”, the ministry said in a statement. The Ministry of Land and Resources said it used extra workers and experts to make sure a second collapse did not occur.
Immediately after the incident, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Shenzhen city and Guangdong province authorities to conduct search-and-rescue missions, treat the wounded and mollify families as quickly as possible, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua said. The landslide also caused an explosion at a nearby petrol station.
The Beijing Youth Daily, quoted a resident as saying loose soil and waste from construction sites had been dumped next to the industrial park over the past two years and piled up against a 100-metre-high hill.
Xinhua said that as of today, 59 men and 32 women were missing in the landslide.
Wang, who worked in a factory near the site, said the power was suddenly cut off in her factory at midday Sunday and then she heard her colleagues shouting “Run quickly!”
China is no stranger to industrial mishaps, according to the Chicago Tribune, the landslide is the fourth major disaster to hit China this year with three of them stemming off human error, continually raising questions and concern over their regulations towards safety and employee care.
“They are still digging, but in my heart I know that there’s no hope”, said Ms. Ye, 40. Rescuers pulled at least four people from the rubble with minor injuries, according to the BBC.
Almost 1,500 people were involved in the rescue efforts, aided by 151 cranes, diggers and other equipment, along with rescue dogs and special life-detecting equipment.
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