After several days of searching, a man has been rescued alive from the debris at site of a landslide in Shenzhen, China. The survivor had been buried for over 67 hours.

The 19-year-old migrant worker from Chongqing has been identified as Tian Zeming. He was reportedly staying in a small office when the landslide occured. Tian was found in an excavated hole below the roof of an obscure building at around 04:00 local time on Wednesday (20:00 GMT Tuesday).

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Rescue workers also spotted another body close to him. Shenzhen Jing News reported that medics immediately responded to the site and performed necessary treatments before two ambulances arrived to bring them to the nearest medical facility. However, the other person's vital signs were already out, and only Tian stayed conscious. 

Medical respondents revealed that Tian was extremely weak. A firefighter was able to communicate with the him, however, and protected his head with a helmet. He was provided with oxygen and venous transfusion as he was reportedly suffering from severe dehydration, and one of his legs was broken. The rescue team spent nearly two hours taking him off to safety. He is now in a stable condition.

Tian said more survivors could still be trapped. On Tuesday, the official tally of people missing was 76 --- 50 males and 26 females. This is an updated count from Monday's 85 as some of the suspected missing people have been ruled out of the list after getting in touch.

Shenzhen's deputy mayor Liu Qingsheng said at a conference that the local government will get hold of registries on the nearby households and factory workers within the affected area to help identify those who are missing.

Over 4000 workers with the aid of 331 engineering tools, 190 excavators and 76 dump trucks have been conducting the rescue operation. Other public organizations like the Red Cross Society of China and NGOs are providing assistance. A hotline has been put up by the Dengzhou chamber and has received a number of calls with regard to missing people.

The landslide that struck Shenzhen on Sunday has displaced more than 900 people. The disaster resulted from the collapsing of construction waste debris and mud, which toppling down over 33 buildings and nearly sparked an explosion from a natural gas pipeline. The wave of mud and debris spread over 380,000 sq m - this is the size of 50 football fields combined.

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