19 people, mostly students, buried in landslide in China

October 04, 2012 12:32

Nineteen people, including 18 students, were buried today when a huge landslide destroyed a school in China's southwest Yunnan Province.

The accident took place at Zhenhe village located in Yiliang County of Zhaotong City, the county government said.

The landslide, estimated to be around 10,000 cubic meters, engulfed a primary school building, trapping 18 students, the government said. Two residences near the school were also hit by the landslide, with one villager being buried.

A family of three managed to escape the landslide before it arrived. The government has moved local residents to safer places and dispatched rescue teams to the area.

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