Seven people died and 12 others were injured after a landslide buried a dormitory building in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday morning, local authorities said.
The landslide happened around 10 a.m. in Cangcun Township of Huangling County, burying a two-story dormitory owned by a coal mine, according to the county's publicity bureau.
The rescue had completed as of 7 p.m., and the injured have been sent to a local hospital, the bureau said.
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