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)

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.

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