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Five people killed in soil collapse in northern China

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BEIJING: Five people were killed and three injured after a loess collapse buried a house in a village in northern China’s Shanxi province, state-owned Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday.

All eight people trapped in the collapse in Haoyi village, Hongtong county, have been found, the county’s emergency management bureau said. Five showed no signs of life, while three were taken to hospital and were in stable condition.