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.
Rescuers work at the site of landslide in Yingping Village in Fuquan City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Aug. 28, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The accident happened at around 8 p.m., when a landslide hit Yingping Village in Fuquan City. Twenty-two people were injured as of 6 a.m. 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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