Twelve people went missing after a rain-triggered landslide on Monday morning in Yunyang County in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, said local authorities.

Employees with the Yongfa coal mine, located in Jiangkou Township, encountered the landslide while they were trying to transfer from their dormitory to a safe location after torrential rains started at 8:53 a.m., according to an official with the county's publicity bureau.

A local headquarters was set up to direct rescue operations.

At the site of another landslide that occurred five days ago in Guizhou Province, rescuers have wrapped up their search, with bodies of all 23 victims retrieved as of Monday morning.

The local government is investigating the cause of the disaster. Villagers have blamed local phosphorus mining for weakening the mountain's structure.

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