4,000 workers arrive at Shenzhen landslide site as search continues for 76 still missing

The survivor surnamed Lin is found. [Photo/Weibo]

The first survivor was found and 74 people were still missing on Wednesday at the site where a giant flow of mud and construction waste engulfed buildings in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Sunday.

At 3:40 am Wednesday, two survivors trapped in the rubble were found by rescue workers and they needed emergency treatment, Shenzhen Jing News cited sources from rescue headquarters as saying. Medics rushed to the site and carried out treatment there. At 4:24 am, two ambulances arrived at the scene.

However, one of them showed no vital signs of life while the other remained conscious, according to CCTV News.

Xinhua News Agency reported that rescuers managed to get in touch with one of them at around 4:00 am. Wu Wenwei, a fireman, told Xinhua that they talked with the man surnamed Lin and put a helmet on his head. Medics has provided him with oxygen and venous transfusion. Lin said there are probably more survivors trapped.

The list of the 76 missing－50 males and 26 females was released on Tuesday. The number was revised downward from 85 on Monday after several people believed to be missing were contacted.

Liu Qingsheng, deputy mayor of Shenzhen, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the government and police examined household and apartment rental registrations as well as registrations of workers at factory buildings in the area to help determine who was missing.

A rescue team located parts of buildings beneath the mud on Tuesday morning at four of the six dig sites by using optical radar, geological radar and other technological measures, the news conference was told.

More than 4,000 rescue workers arrived at the industrial zone with 331 pieces of engineering equipment, 190 excavators and 76 dump trucks.

In addition, public organizations, the Red Cross Society of China and NGOs joined the rescue and assistance work at the landslide site.

Housing at a local innovation center was offered as shelter for those who escaped from or were evacuated after the disaster as well as for relatives of missing workers.

"I learned about the accident from the news on Sunday evening and decided to help them as much as I could," said Niu Lianjie, chairman of the innovation center, the rooms of which now provide shelter to 283 people.