A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes, killing 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern China, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city. Rescuers saved seven people, three of whom were seriously injured but in stable condition, Associated Press reported. Fifty-two people were missing, including 27 workers buried in the mine, said an official with the propaganda office of Wulong, who would only give her surname, Zhu. The missing also included 21 farmers, three passers-by and a teacher, CCTV said. More than 500 rescuers were searching for survivors, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao ordered local authorities to «spare no efforts» to save those buried, Xinhua said. Rescuers were also digging a channel to relieve a barrier lake that formed when the landslide blocked a river, CCTV said.
