Landslide in China kills 9, cause unknown
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Published: Apr 30, 2018, 01:26 IST | Updated: Apr 30, 2018, 01:26 IST
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According to local villagers, the victims in the accident were miners and there was no rain before the landslide
Nine people were killed in a landslide in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said Monday.
The landslide happened at around 04:57 Monday in Caijiazhuang Village of Lishi District in Lyuliang City, the local publicity department said.
More than a hundred firefighters, rescue workers and medical staff were sent to the scene in Shanxi province, the Luliang municipal government said on its official social media account. The rescue operation has now ended since all the victims were found.
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According to local villagers, the victims in the accident were miners and there was no rain before the landslide.
Follow-up work is also underway. There was no immediate word on the cause of the landslide or the identities of the deceased.