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China Landslide Buries Buildings
Dozens of people are missing after landslide in southern city of Shenzhen
1 of 12 fullscreen A general view shows buildings covered by dirt and mud after a landslide in Shenzhen. Reuters Evacuated people rest at a makeshift shelter located at a sports center in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 21, 2015. Over 90 people are missing after a landslide buried 33 buildings in an industrial park in Shenzhen ...Firefighters with a sniffer dog search for survivors among the rubble of collapsed buildings after a landslide hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, December 20, 2015. TYRONE SIU/REUTERS Buried: Emergency services searched a collapsed building on Sunday in Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong province. It wasn’t clear what caused the landslide that toppled buildings. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images Rescuers work at the landslide site of an industrial park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, Dec. 20, 2015. Three people were injured and more than 90 remain missing, according to state media, after a landslide buried 22 residential and industrial buildings in an industrial park. WU LU/XINHUA/ZUMA PRESS Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building following a landslide in Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong province, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. ASSOCIATED PRESS People look as rescuers search for survivors on collapsed buildings following a landslide in Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong province, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. ASSOCIATED PRESS An aerial view shows the site of a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, December 20, 2015. REUTERS Rescuers search for survivors among damaged buildings buried at and around an industrial park in Shenzhen. Chinatopix/Associated Press Rescuers spray liquid next to damaged sheds at the site of a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen. Reuters Rescuers search for survivors at the site of the landslide in Shenzhen, which left an area of about 200,000 square feet covered with soil. Reuters A damaged vehicle is seen among the debris at the site of a landslide in Shenzhen. Reuters A general view shows buildings covered by dirt and mud after a landslide in Shenzhen. Reuters Evacuated people rest at a makeshift shelter located at a sports center in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 21, 2015. Over 90 people are missing after a landslide buried 33 buildings in an industrial park in Shenzhen, according to local authorities. Around 900 people had been evacuated as of Sunday evening. MAO SIQIAN/XINHUA/ZUMA PRESS By Wayne Ma in Shenzhen, China, and Chun Han Wong in Beijing Updated Dec. 20, 2015 10:03 p.m. ET 28 COMMENTS
Rescuers searched through a wall of mud, rock and construction debris left by a landslide that engulfed an industrial area, overturning buildings and leaving more than 90 people missing in southern China.
The landslide, which struck shortly before noon Sunday, buried or toppled 33 factory buildings, workers dormitories and other structures in three industrial parks on the outskirts of the city of Shenzhen, the command center in charge of rescue efforts said. As of 6 a.m. Monday, the statement said 91 people remained missing and seven others were confirmed dead while more than 900 had been moved to safety.
Photos and footage carried by state media showed squat buildings crumpled by a thick stretch of brown soil. Around the time of the landslide, an explosion occurred on a nearby segment of the transnational West-East natural-gas pipeline, state broadcaster China Central Television said.
Authorities didn’t immediately identify the cause of the landslide. The government news agency, Xinhua, cited area residents as saying that the landslide stemmed from an artificial hill created over the past two years by the dumping of soil excavated from nearby construction sites.
Rescue workers are searching for at least 90 people after a landslide swept through an industrial park in Shenzhen, China. (Photo: Getty Images)
Rapid urban expansion coupled with lax enforcement of zoning regulations have contributed to other accidents in major cities. In the northeastern city of Tianjin, an explosion at a warehouse killed 173 people in August; the government said the hazardous-materials warehouse was located too close to nearby apartments in violation of regulations.
Immediately following Sunday’s landslide, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang ordered local authorities to step up efforts to rescue survivors and prevent further casualties, state media reported.
The command center said more than 2,900 firefighters, police and other personnel were involved in rescue and other emergency efforts. Considering the vast amount of debris, excavators had been brought to speed up rescue efforts, the statement said.
Shenzhen, which abuts Hong Kong, is one of China’s most prosperous cities, with a modern infrastructure mostly built over the past 35 years. The accident occurred in the city’s Guangming New District, a new industrial and residential zone that was set up in 2007 and is home to roughly one million people, according to the district government’s website.
The command center said 15 enterprises were affected in three industrial parks hit by the landslide.
The landslide covered an area of about 20,000 square meters under mud, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s firefighting bureau.
—Olivia Geng contributed to this article.
Write to Wayne Ma at [email protected] and Chun Han Wong at [email protected]
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