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11:28, 30-Aug-2017
Seven killed in NW China landslide
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Seven people were killed and two injured in a landslide in northwest China's Qinghai Province Wednesday, local authorities said.
The landslide at around 4:30 a.m. local time in a village in Machin county in Qinghai's Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture left nine people buried.
As of 2 p.m., all the buried had been found. Seven were confirmed dead, and one was severely injured, while the other sustained minor injuries, according to the county publicity department.
The county government dispatched more than 600 rescue workers and evacuated around 90 herders as well as about 1,200 cattle. The local fire department sent a fire engine and 13 fire fighters to participate in rescue work.
The landslide has also blocked a national highway and a river. Rescuers are clearing the road.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency