Beijing: At least 19 people have been confirmed dead and two injured in a landslide which occurred Friday evening at a highway construction site in China's Shaanxi province.

Rescuers said the landslide, occurring at about 9.00 p.m. in Yan'an City, broke down eight make-shift boarding houses and buried 21 construction workers. Nine were killed on the spot and the 10 injured died in hospital. Two other wounded are under treatment, Xinhua reported.