Rescuers use machinery to search for potential survivors near collapsed buildings, following a landslide in Shenzhen, in south China’s Guangdong province, Dec. 21, 2015. A mountain of excavated soil and construction waste buried dozens of buildings when it swept through an industrial park on Dec. 20. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)

(Bloomberg) — A landslide that left at least 91 people missing in southern China may have started from a man-made pile of earth and construction debris, an initial government investigation showed, drawing new scrutiny to safety practices in China.

The landslide started in an area “mainly used for piling up muck and construction waste,” the Ministry of Land and Resources said in a statement on its website. The official Xinhua News Agency said the slide left 91 people missing, while a pipeline supplying natural gas to Hong Kong was also disrupted.

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