China landslide: Many missing after buildings collapse in Shenzhen
landslide n. 山崩 –GRE
engulf vt. 吞没;吞食,狼吞虎咽 -TEM4
evacuate vt. 疏散,撤退;排泄 -CET6
fatality n. 死亡;宿命;致命性;不幸;灾祸 -CET6
fire brigade 消防队
detect vt. 察觉;发现;探测 -CET4
pile vt. 累积;打桩 -CET4
Dozens of people are missing after a landslide engulfed 22 buildings at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
About 900 people were evacuated, and four were pulled from rubble with minor or no injuries, the local government said. No fatalities have been reported.
Shenzhen's fire brigade said it was working to free other trapped people - state media say 59 remain missing.
State media quoted officials as saying 36 men and 23 women were missing and that "signs of life" had been detected at three separate locations.
An area of 20,000 square metres was covered with soil, the Public Security Bureau's firefighting bureau said.
The state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a local worker as saying he saw "red earth and mud running towards the company building".
Local media reported that the soil that came loose had been dug up in the past two years in construction work and was piled up nearby.