Rescuers work at the site of landslide in Yingping Village in Fuquan City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Aug. 28, 2014. One person was killed, and eleven remain missing after a landslide struck a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday night. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
GUIYANG, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 21 remained missing as of Thursday morning after a landslide struck a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday night.
The accident happened at around 8 p.m., when a landslide hit Yingping Village in Fuquan City. Twenty-two people were injured as of 6 a.m. on Thursday, according to the rescue headquarters.
A total of 77 houses collapsed or were buried in the landslide and the lives of 154 villagers were affected.
Rescue work is under way.
