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Rescuers in China dig through tons of rubble in search of 48 people missing after landslide
People gather at a checkpoint along a road leading to the site of a collapsed open pit mine in Alxa League in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Thursday, February 23, 2023

RESCUERS at an open-cast mine in China dug through tons of earth and rubble today as they searched for 48 people missing after a landslide.

The confirmed death toll from the disaster in Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League rose to five.

On Wednesday afternoon, one of the pit’s walls caved in, burying workers and lorries under rocks and sand.

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