Four people in the same family died when their rural home was buried in a landslide in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Thursday, the local government said.

About 200 cubic meters of mud and rock flooded Xinghong community in Hongshi Town of Yunyang County at 5:40 a.m., burying villager Wu Zhiquan's family of six, the county government said in a press release.

It said two were pulled from the debris alive. The other four died despite emergency rescue.

A county government spokesman said the landslide was triggered by continuous rain that battered the mountainous county this week.

The government has launched safety inspections and evacuated some families.