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7 bodies found at Tianjin quarry landslide site
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Rescuers have found the bodies of seven people buried by a landslide at a quarry in north China's Tianjin city, but four others are still missing, the city government said Saturday,

The landslide occurred at around 9:20 AM on January 13 at the Baijian Township in Jixian County. Eleven persons were buried in the accident.

Rescuers had saved one from the debris. And the injured was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Rescuers are still working to locate the buried and cranes would be used to remove the huge rocks fallen in the large-scale landslide. The county government has closed 59 quarries after the accident.

(Xinhua News Agency January 19, 2008)

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