6 killed, 25 missing in China mudslides
The mudslide destroyed a silicon mining site in Fugong County Yunnan province
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-07-09 21:45 GMT
Beijing: Six people were killed and 25 others have gone missing on Wednesday after rain-triggered mudslides swamped two villages in southwestern China.
Seventeen people were missing and another injured this morning when a mudslide destroyed a silicon mining site in Fugong County Yunnan province, said Li Hongwen, the county's Communist Party.
In a difficult operation, more than 140 rescuers, along with excavators, fire trucks and ambulances, are searching the site about 500 metres from the Nujiang River, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Some of the missing people may have been swept into the river, while others may be buried under the thick mud and rock debris, Li said.
In another incident of mudslide, residential houses were ravaged at Minzhu Village of Yunlong county killing six people.
Eight others were missing, civil affairs bureau of Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali said. Rescue efforts for the two disasters are under way, the state media reported.