22 missing after Chinese landslide

A landslide has buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, leaving 22 people missing, authorities said.

Seven people were rescued after 18 buildings were buried and an area of 20,000 square metres was covered with soil, the ministry of public security’s firefighting bureau said in an online statement.

Shenzhen’s fire brigade said that one building had collapsed, but that the landslide had affected a large area in the north-western outskirts of the city.