World​An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing residential ‌buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.Unknown number of people buried, caught in landslide during evacuationThomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 17, 2026 7:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide along Wujiang river in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, China, on Friday. (Reuters)​An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing residential ‌buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.Preliminary verification indicated that a Pengshui county community worker spotted scattered falling rocks around 8 a.m. local ​time and issued an emergency ​warning, state broadcaster CCTV said.Authorities ordered an evacuation affecting more than 60 residents, but the landslide ​occurred during the evacuation at 9:08 a.m., burying ⁠some people.The ⁠exact number of ‌those trapped was still being confirmed, the report said.Nine people had been pulled from the rubble, according to the official ⁠Xinhua news agency.It was not immediately clear what caused the landslide.Debris at the site of buildings that collapsed in the landslide, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. (Reuters)Aerial footage from CCTV showed rock and debris ‌falling on a cluster of riverside residential buildings, while people could be seen fleeing with a thick plume of dust billowing behind them.A dashcam video posted ​on X, verified by Reuters, showed a section of hillside collapsing onto ⁠homes and businesses below, sending debris across the road and ⁠forcing passing cars and a motorcycle to stop.China's Ministry ⁠of ⁠Emergency Management activated ​a level-two emergency response and dispatched a 100-member rescue team to the ​scene, the ⁠ministry said in a statement.Some 206 personnel and 49 vehicles from China's fire and rescue force were sent to the site to assist in rescue efforts, the ministry said.