Deadly China landslide buries factory
Pastor Dale Morgan
Deadly China landslide buries factory*
* Story Highlights
* Landslide buries brick factory; several workers trapped
* Landslide hits Friday in northern Shanxi province near Luliang
* More than 300 people, 20 earth-moving machines used in the search
BEIJING, China (AP) -- A landslide in northern China buried a brick
factory, killing 19 workers, local officials said Saturday.
Rescue workers found the workers' bodies at the site of a landslide that
hit Friday morning near Luliang town, said a staffer at the Shanxi
provincial government who refused to give his name as is customary.
The landslide occurred at 10:20 a.m. Friday on a mountain in Shang'an
village, engulfing the nearby factory, according to the official Xinhua
News Agency.
One worker was rescued Friday but the search effort was suspended
overnight because of fears of a second landslide in the area.
More than 300 people and 20 earth-moving machines were used in the
rescue effort at the site of the engulfed factory, Xinhua said.
A staffer surnamed Liu with Luliang's city government said rescuers were
trying to investigate the cause of the landslide.