In County of Mianyang, the local Red Cross
branch reported that by 20:00 on 12 May,
about 5,000 people were feared dead,
6000-7000 people were buried in the ruin,
and at least 20,000 people were injured.
Hanwang township of Mianzhu, (pop. 60,000), suffered serious
casualties: at least 200 students and teachers were buried after a building of the factory's adjunctive middle school collapsed.
Residents search for their family at a collapsed building after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 13, 2008. China said on Tuesday an earthquake centred in the southwest province of ...