BEIJING (AP) â?? A landslide in southwestern China has toppled an elementary school building and buried 18 students and another person.
The Chinese government said the landslide struck a village in Yiliang county in Yunnan province on Thursday morning.
A statement on the Yiliang government website says the landslide caused a school to collapse and that 18 students were believed to have been in the building. Another person was trapped when a few houses were toppled.
A county foreign affairs office staffer says the village is a three-hour drive from the county seat and that rescuers have arrived at the site.
The statement says nearby residents have been moved from the area.
The Chinese government said the landslide struck a village in Yiliang county in Yunnan province on Thursday morning.
A statement on the Yiliang government website says the landslide caused a school to collapse and that 18 students were believed to have been in the building. Another person was trapped when a few houses were toppled.
A county foreign affairs office staffer says the village is a three-hour drive from the county seat and that rescuers have arrived at the site.
The statement says nearby residents have been moved from the area.
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