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19 claimed by landslide
Created: 2008-6-15 1:07:53
A LANDSLIDE in northern China's Shanxi Province buried a brick factory, killing 19 workers, local officials said yesterday.
Rescue workers recovered three more bodies in the early hours of yesterday at the site of the factory in Luliang City. The landslide hit on Friday morning, destroying the workshops and burying 20 workers.
Only one worker, named Wu Sandan, was pulled out alive. He is being treated in hospital and has no life-threatening injuries.
"I was working in the workshop when I saw a large pile of earth falling from the mountain," he said. "I hurried to run away, but had not run 10 meters before I was crushed by roof boards destroyed by the earth piles."
Most of the dead were from Shang'an Village, with some from nearby villages.
Rescue workers recovered three more bodies in the early hours of yesterday at the site of the factory in Luliang City. The landslide hit on Friday morning, destroying the workshops and burying 20 workers.
Only one worker, named Wu Sandan, was pulled out alive. He is being treated in hospital and has no life-threatening injuries.
"I was working in the workshop when I saw a large pile of earth falling from the mountain," he said. "I hurried to run away, but had not run 10 meters before I was crushed by roof boards destroyed by the earth piles."
Most of the dead were from Shang'an Village, with some from nearby villages.
Xinhua
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