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2 killed, 10 missing in central China landslide

BEIJING, Jan 21: At least two people have been killed and 10 others are missing after a hotel in central China was b...

By Associated Press

BEIJING, Jan 21: At least two people have been killed and 10 others are missing after a hotel in central China was buried in a landslide.


The government of Nanzhang county in Hunan province says crews are working to dig out those trapped in the Mirage Hotel that was struck by the disaster around 7:30 p.m. Friday.


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Three people have been rescued and are recovering in a hospital.


The official Xinhua News Agency said 3,000 cubic meters (106,000 cubic feet) of debris tumbled down a slope behind the three-story hotel. It says the cause of the collapse is under investigation.


Xinhua says rescuers pulled five survivors from the debris, two of whom died in hospital.


 

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