Survivor rescued 67 hours after China landslide
A man was rescued Wednesday nearly three days after being buried by a landslide that swept through an industrial park in the southern city of Shenzhen, Chinese media reported.
Tian Zeming, 21, was found 67 hours after the Sunday incident dehydrated and with multiple fractures but was conscious and in a stable condition, the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Tian had been one 76 people declared missing after a mountain of construction waste material and mud collapsed and flowed into Shenzhen, a major industrial center across from mainland China that manufactures everything from plastic toys to smartphones to cars. At least 33 buildings were struck by the landslide.
Chinese authorities have not confirmed any deaths.
State broadcaster CCTV said Tian had been trying to get out of his room when the building he was in collapsed. A door panel created a space for him to survive.
Xinhua said rescuers with heavy machinery were continuing to rake through thousands of tons of soil and rubble to look for survivors.
"The rescue work won't slow," Yue Xi, a police officer at the scene, told Xinhua.