Man found alive after more than 60 hours in China landslide

While no waste was being brought to the Hengtaiyu industrial park, dumping has also stopped at another controversial site in Shenzhen, in the district of Bujiuwo, which opened in 2008 and was due to close three years later.

One of Tian’s ankles had been stuck in the debris and medical experts are doing their best to save his foot, Wang added.

The Legal Evening News reported that a district government report in January found that the dump had received 1 million cubic meters of waste and warned of a “catastrophe”.

Still missing are 51 men and 25 women, Vice Mayor Liu Qingsheng told a televised news conference.

About 3000 rescuers are trying to reach dozens of people still missing since the landslide at an industrial estate in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

Reuters says Tian was coherent but his legs had been crushed.

Rescuers carry a 19-year-old survivor on a stretcher after he was found under a collapsed building at the site of a landslide which hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, China.

The Ministry of Land Resources said the accumulation of a large amount of waste meant that mud was stacked too steep, “causing instability and collapse, resulting in the collapse of buildings”.

As of Tuesday morning, more than 4,000 rescuers have joined the rescue operations taking place across 16 locations where buildings had been buried.

The first victim of the massive landslide in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province two days ago was recovered at 6am on December 22.

The city had “pointed out problems at the site and requested steps to correct them”, the statement said.

“He has a very strong will to survive”, the emergency team’s leader told the government-run Shenzhen Special Zone Daily newspaper in the southern Chinese boom town.

Shenzhen is a major manufacturing center, making everything from cellphones to cars, and it attracts workers from all parts of China.

Around 900 people were evacuated and an explosion of a natural gas pipeline was sparked, the BBC reports.

Relatives of the people that remain missing were separated at several medical support areas near the scene, and complained about tightened security force on Tuesday morning.

Thousands of people, aided by diggers and dogs, have been involved in rescue efforts.