2015 Shenzhen landslide
Site of landslide as of 25 December 2015 from a distance
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| Time | 11:40 am CST |
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| Date | 20 December 2015 |
| Location | Guangming New District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
| Coordinates | 22°43′05″N 113°55′55″E / 22.71806°N 113.93194°ECoordinates: 22°43′05″N 113°55′55″E / 22.71806°N 113.93194°E |
| 69 deaths, 8 missing and 16 injured | |
 Shenzhen landslide
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A landslide of construction waste occurred at Shenzhen, China, on 20 December 2015. It destroyed and buried industrial buildings and worker living quarters in the nearby industrial park. The death toll was 69 with 8 persons reported missing. It was an industrial accident due to human negligence rather than a natural disaster. The local police had arrested some of the people involved in the irregularities of the huge waste dump which was built up in previous two years.
It has been reported that waste material generated from construction work elsewhere had been piled up in a former quarry over the past couple of years. The adjacent natural hill did not slide, according to a geological report issued by the Ministry of Land and Resources on 21 December 2015.
On 20 December 2015 at 11:40 am a pile of construction waste, stored on a hillside, slid down in an avalanche of mud and debris, destroying 33 buildings and covering an area greater than ten hectares (25 acres) in the Hengtaiyu Industrial Park (恒泰裕工业园), which is, administratively, under Guangming New District of Shenzhen.
The landslide reportedly ruptured a nearby 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the West–East Gas Pipeline and triggered an explosion which was heard about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away. According to The New York Times, PetroChina stated that this was untrue, although Reuters subsequently reported that PetroChina announced its plan to lay a temporary gas pipeline to replace the damaged one.
According to the Ministry of Land and Resources, the landslide occurred after a 20-storey-high mountain of dumped earth and construction waste collapsed.
Chinese authorities had over 2,906 rescue personnel, including about 800 from the defence forces, excavating dirt and rubble at the Hengtaiyu industrial park.
More than 1,500 emergency rescuers were involved in the search for people trapped under the mud; as of 21 December[update], seven people had been rescued, and 76 people were still missing. Approximately 900 people have been evacuated from the area.
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