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Landslide hits village in Guizhou

By Li Jun in Kunming and Hou Liqiang in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2014-08-29 07:37

Eight people died and 17 remained missing as of 3 pm on Thursday after a landslide hit a village in Guizhou province.

The landslide struck Yingping, in Fuquan, at 8:30 pm on Wednesday, collapsing or burying 77 houses.

Twenty-two people were taken to hospitals to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to Fuquan's publicity department.

Landslide hits village in Guizhou

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