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Landslide kills least 16 dead in Sichuan

MOUNTAIN collapse that occurred at wee hours today killed at least 16 people and injured another seven in Kangding County, in Sichuan Province, local authorities said.

The accident happened at around 1:25 am, crushing work sheds at a construction site in Pengta Town, Kangding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to the prefecture's public emergency command center.

Rescue work is underway.

Local authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse.



 

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