Landslip victim pulled out alive after 60 hours

Tian Zeming, who was found in the early hours was in a coherent state but his legs had been crushed in Sunday’s landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, a boomtown near Hong Kong. “He told the soldiers who rescued him, there is another survivor close by,” state news agency Xinhua said, although it later reported rescuers had found another body rather than a survivor. 

Tough going 

That took the confirmed death toll to two. The government has said more than 70 people are missing in China’s latest industrial disaster, although this figure continues to be revised down as authorities make contact with people who were believed to have been buried but were not. Firefighters had to squeeze into a narrow room around Tian and pull debris out by hand at the dump site in Hengtaiyu industrial park, rescuer Zhang Yabin told Xinhua. Tian has had surgery and is in a stable condition in hospital, though he may lose a foot, the Xinhua report said. 

Xinhua said the dump was being used 10 months after it was supposed to have stopped taking waste, earning Yixianglong some 7.5 million yuan ($1.16 million) in fees. On Tuesday, police raided offices of the company that was managing the dump site, Shenzhen Yixianglong Investment Development. Xinhua said a formal investigation team had been established.