The last two bodies were recovered from the debris of damaged flats, pushing up the death toll from the landslide in northwest China's Gansu Province to seven, local sources said Sunday night.
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Rescuers find a body of a victim on the spot of a collaped building at the Jiuzhou Economic Development Zone in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, May 17, 2009. Part of the residence building collapsed due to a landslide on late Saturday in Lanzhou. The bodies of two victims have been found in the scene and one injured was rescued. [Xinhua]
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The victims were an elderly deaf-mute couple living on the first floor, rescuers said.
The landslide happened Saturday afternoon in the Jiuzhou development district of Gansu's capital Lanzhou, when about 20,000 cubic meters of soil collapsed on part of the building.
More than 30 households were affected. Eight people were buried. One person were saved and rescuers had earlier pulled out five bodies, including three women, one man and an eight-month-old baby boy.
More than 500 armed police and firefighters were involved in the search.
Several other cracks of about 20 to 30 centimeters long were spotted on the hill and rescuers said another landslide is possible.
