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12 likely buried in southwest China landslide

CHENGDU, Dec 9, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Twelve people were estimated buried
after a landslide caused three houses to collapse Sunday afternoon in
southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

Five people had been pulled out of the debris in Fenshui township in Xuyong
county by 8 p.m., but one died en route to hospital, Tang Jie, the county
head leading rescue efforts at the scene, told Xinhua.

BSS/AFP/FI/1955 hrs