A landslide destroyed 25 village houses in the south-western Chinese province of Guizhou on Friday and 65 villagers, asleep at the time, were missing, Xinhua news agency said. The accident occurred in the early hours of the morning in Nayong county and police and soldiers had now joined the search for survivors.
"The landslide destroyed 25 houses in which an estimated 108 people were sleeping," Xinhua said, adding that 31 people had managed to escape and 12 had been rescued.
Local government officials in Nayong declined to give details of the landslide but said the cause was under investigation.