India, Feb. 8 -- China has launched a high-level emergency operation after 10 houses were buried in a massive landslide, leaving more than 30 people missing.

The landslide struck the Junlian county in the southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, prompting the Ministry of Emergency Management to deploy hundreds of rescuers, including firefighters.

State broadcaster CCTV said that two people were pulled out from under the rubble, a report from The Associated Press said.

Sichuan Province upgraded its geological emergency response from Level III to Level I, which is the highest level, state-run news agency Xinhua said.

Chinese premier Li Qiang called for an investigation into the incident as well as an inspection of potential geological...