Landslide claims 12 lives in Chinese hotel

A three storey building located in the Nanzhang county of China was hit by landslide killing about 12 poeple in the building.

3,000 cubic meters (105,000 cubic feet) of debris tumbled down a slope behind the hotel causing it to collapse.

Rescue officials say 12 lives are likely lost in the incident and have not detected any signs of life from 10 people who were trapped underneath rocks and debris after the hotel was overran by the landslide.

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A statement from the Nanzhang government said the rescue work had been hampered by a 150-ton rock that had fallen on the site. State media reported that rescuers were trying to pull rocks and debris off of the site before digging further.

Rescuers have pulled five survivors from the debris, two of whom died in a hospital.

 

 

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