China landslide 'industrial accident', not geological disaster
China says a massive landslide which struck an industrial park in the south of the country last week was an industrial accident not a geological disaster.
According to an investigation conducted by China's cabinet, the State Council, the Sunday landslide at Hengtaiyu Industrial Park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen was an "industrial safety accident" rather than a geological disaster.
Earlier this week, the State Council set up a team headed by the minister of land resources to investigate the disaster.
At least seven people have been killed and some 75 others gone missing following the incident, Xinhua said on Thursday in the latest count.
Meanwhile, the official newspaper of the Ministry of Land and Resources said that the disaster was caused by the improper storage of waste from construction sites.
According to reports, soil was illegally piled 100 meters (330 feet) high at an old quarry site and turned to mud during rain on Sunday morning.
Official documents show that authorities were aware of problems with the soil storage and had urged action as early as July.
This is while in September, the Chinese government had issued a second warning, noting that dumping should cease due to expiration of the dump's permit to receive waste.
Last month, a similar slide claimed the lives of 38 people in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang.
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