Date | September 8, 2008 |
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Time | 08:00 CST |
Location | Xiangfen, Shanxi, China |
Casualties | |
277 dead | |
4 missing | |
33 injured |
The 2008 Shanxi mudslide was caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill in Xiangfen county, Linfen, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China which caused 277 dead, 4 missing and 33 injured.[1] Around 8:00 a.m. on September 8, 2008, the retaining wall of a waste iron ore reservoir collapsed after torrential rain, causing a major mudslide which inundated a village and crowded marketplace.[2] The unlicensed Tashan Mine was operated by the Tashan Mining Company.[3]
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