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SW China landslide death toll rises to 6

2014-08-28 09:18 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
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Rescuers work at the site of landslide in Yingping Village in Fuquan City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Aug. 28, 2014. One person was killed, and eleven remain missing after a landslide struck a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday night. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Rescuers work at the site of landslide in Yingping village in Fuquan city, southwest China's Guizhou province, on Aug 28, 2014. One person was killed, and eleven remain missing after a landslide struck a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday night. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

At least six people were killed and 21 remained missing as of Thursday morning after a landslide struck a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday night.

The accident happened at around 8 pm, when a landslide hit Yingping village in Fuquan city. Twenty-two people were injured as of 6 am on Thursday, according to the rescue headquarters.

A total of 77 houses collapsed or were buried in the landslide and the lives of 154 villagers were affected.

Rescue work is under way.

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