Four people were killed and another injured when a house collapsed at an orchard in north China's Shanxi Province, authorities said Saturday.

The house collapsed, burying five people, on Friday afternoon at an orchard in Gaojiazhuang Village, Linyi County, said a county government spokesman.

Rescuers pulled the five from debris, but four later died in hospital. The injured person is receiving treatment.

The cause of the case is under investigation.