Two killed, ten injured in landslide
near Nha Trang
At least two people have been
killed and multiple others trapped by a landslide that occurred at dawn on
Tuesday in Nha Trang in south-central Vietnam.
Excavators
work to unearth the houses covered in dirt and mud after the landslide in Nha
Trang, located in south-central Vietnam. Tuoi Tre
As
of 9:00 am, rescuers had taken the bodies of the deceased, one a 58-year-old
woman and the other a four-year-old boy, from their collapsed home.
Five
other houses gave way completely during the landslide which is believed to
have occurred at 1:30 am at Phuoc Trung Village in Phuoc Dong Commune,
according to the rescue team.
Initial
reports had said up to ten people had been injured when dirt and rock from a
mountain slid onto their homes during the landslide.
At
the scene, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper confirmed that a
series of properties below the mountain had been covered with dirt and mud.
Local
residents were unable to do anything as the incident took place while they
were sleeping.
Hundreds
of police officers and soldiers were deployed to the scene to conduct search
and rescue efforts.
Phuoc
Dong chairman Nguyen Van Huong told Tuoi Tre that rescuers were rushing to save
multiple people believed to be still trapped inside the rubble.
Phuoc
Dong is some 12km southwest of the center of Nha Trang.
TUOI TRE
NEWS
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Thứ Ba, 20 tháng 12, 2016
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