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Five buried in north China landslide

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-10 12:24

TAIYUAN -- Five people were buried on Thursday morning in a landslide in north China's Shanxi Province, local police said.

The landslide took place at around 5 a.m. at a village in Linxian County, Luliang City, destroying eight cave dwellings and burying five people, said a spokesman with the Luliang Public Security Bureau.

Rescue work is under way.