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Nine bodies retrieved at new rescue site after China quake

(Xinhua)    10:31, August 07, 2014
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LUDIAN, Yunnan, Aug. 7 -- Nine bodies have been retrieved by Wednesday night after rescuers reached a new site following Sunday's 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Yunnan Province, military sources told Xinhua.

Dozens of villagers and vehicles are buried after a quake-triggered landslide swept through Ganjiazhai, located in Longquan Village of the epicenter of Longtoushan Township.

Military troops and medics arrived at Ganjiazhai after a blocked road leading to the site was made passable.

It remains unclear whether casualties at the site have been included in the current tally. By 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, death toll from the tremor has risen to 589, with 9 people missing, according to the provincial civil affairs department.

(Editor:Kong Defang、Zhang Qian)

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