Landslide rescue work goes on

Rescue workers continued to search for survivors as possible signs of life were detected on Monday evening after a landslide hit a neighborhood in Bijie, a city in Guizhou province, in the morning.

The landslide at 10:40 am in Zhangjiawan, a township in Nayong county, affected 34 households and had killed at least three people by 8 pm on Monday night. Seven who were rescued were hospitalized, and 32 people were missing, according to the city government.

Xiao Tiaowei, a senior Guizhou fire brigade officer who participated in the rescue, told China Central Television that rocks had been rolling down the mountain, making the rescue work more difficult.