A landslide tore through a residential area in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, burying buildings and leaving an unknown number of people trapped, according to state media reports.
China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported that rescue crews managed to pull at least eight survivors from the wreckage, with search and recovery operations still actively underway.
According to CCTV, the landslide hit at approximately 9:08 a.m. local time in Chongqing’s Pengshui county.
Footage released by the broadcaster captured a portion of a mountainside giving way and crashing down onto a nearby residential neighborhood. Multiple buildings were situated close to where the collapse occurred, and emergency workers could be seen combing through the debris in search of additional survivors.
Pengshui County lies in the southeastern part of Chongqing, sharing borders with the provinces of Hubei and Guizhou.
