15 Killed, 100 Missing in Mine Waste Slide
From Times Wire Reports
A heap of mining waste collapsed in southern China, unleashing a mud slide that engulfed houses, killed at least 15 people and left more than 100 others missing, the state-run Beijing Morning Post reported. More than 50 other people were injured in the landslide in Guangxi province’s Nandan county, the newspaper said. The embankment of sand and mine waste collapsed, releasing a 6-foot-high wave of waste water, mud and stones that destroyed or buried more than 100 houses, it said. It did not say what caused the collapse.
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