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Fifteen people have been killed and more than 100 are still missing after a landslide in southwest China.

The landslide swept over more than 60 homes in Xinmo on Saturday morning - a remote village in north Sichuan province.

Rubble slid 800 metres (half a mile) down a steep slope, official state news agency Xinhua reported.

More than 1,000 workers were involved in the rescue effort, including more than a hundred medical staff.

Fifteen 15 bodies had been retrieved from the debris by Saturday night local time.

More than 120 people were believed to have been buried and geological experts at the site said the chances of them surviving were slim.

State broadcaster CCTV reported that by midday only three people had been pulled from the rubble -- a couple and their two-month-old baby. Another child of the family remained buried.

Photos from the official People's Daily showed rescue efforts continuing after nightfall using torches, and it said rescuers were trying to reach two people they believe they had heard trapped beneath the rubble.