Landslide buries three houses in Sichuan

A landslide buried three houses in Fenshui town, Xuyong county in Sichuan province at around 4:20 pm on Sunday. By 8:40 pm, 5 people have been rescued.

Some 12 people were buried inside the houses. Rescue workers have managed to rescue five from the rubble and efforts are on to save others.

The town is 60 kilometers from the county town and borders Weixin county in Yunnan province, said Shao Lijuan, an official with the publicity department of the Xuyong county committee of the Communist Party of China.