Beijing: A man has been pulled alive from mud 67 hours after he was buried in a landslide in southern China.

The 19-year-old man, identified as Tian Zeming, is the first to be rescued since the landslide covered the area on Sunday. He was in stable condition and undergoing surgery at a local hospital after being pulled from the rubble at 6.30am Wednesday, local time. He suffered multiple fractures, state broadcaster China Central Television reported in a social-media posting.

The official Xinhua news agency said the man was discovered three hours earlier in a coherent state but his legs had been crushed.