Beijing, June 4 (AFP/APP): Fourteen people were killed and five are missing following a landslide in southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Sunday, the local government said.
The landslide “took place high on a mountain” at 6 am (2200 GMT) at a state-owned forestry station in Jinkouhe, near the city of Leshan, the local government said in an online statement.
“As of 3:30 pm, the remains of 14 victims have been recovered, while five people remain missing,” the statement said.
Authorities sent over 180 people and more than a dozen pieces of rescue and recovery equipment to the site, according to the statement.
“Currently, search and rescue work is urgently underway,” it said.
The site is in a mountainous region about 240 kilometres (150 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu.
Remote and densely forested, the area is prone to natural disasters including landslides and earthquakes.
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