Latest on Shenzhen landfill rescue efforts

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China Building CollapseIn this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a survivor is found at the site of landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, early Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Rescuers have pulled a man out alive after he was buried for more than 60 hours in a massive landslide in southern China. (Liang Xu/Xinhua News Agency via AP)
Published December 23, 2015 at 11:48 AM
Updated January 5, 2016 at 11:04 AM

More than 5,000 rescuers have joined the landslide rescue operation at an industrial park in south China’s city of Shenzhen, said a city official on Wednesday at a press conference.

According to Zhang Hu, executive vice mayor of Shenzhen, one survivor had been rescued and four bodies found by 11:40 on Wednesday, 77 hours after the landslide.

Just one Shenzhen landslide disaster survivor
Just one Shenzhen landslide disaster survivor

Tian Zeming is the only survivor, so far, who’s been pulled out of the Shenzhen rubble in China near Hong Kong after a massive landslide hit an industrial area there days ago.

Google Earth satellite images show how the Shenzhen landfill has grown since August of 2002.