BEIJING (APP) – Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province fought against time on Sunday to disappear after 28 people. Rain -affected land slide One person was killed and buried home.
On Saturday, about 1,000 1,000 personnel, including armed police, firefighters and medical professionals, worked in rescue operations after land sliding in Junping village in Junalian County on Saturday. State Broadcaster CCTV said some officers visited through the remnants of collapsed buildings, using drones and life -detected radar to find any signs of life with the help of local officials. They were familiar with the area.
According to CCTV, after buried 10 houses and manufacturing building, they rescued two injured and evacuated about 360 others.
At a news conference on Sunday, officials said preliminary studies attributed the devastation to recent heavy rains and local geological conditions. He said these factors turned the land slide into debris flow, resulting in the accumulation of debris, length of 1.2 km (more than half a mile), the total quantity of 100,000 cubic meters. (3.5 million cubic feet).
Deputy Prime Minister of Chinese Liu Gozong was at this place to guide the rescue operation and visited the affected people. According to the official news agency Sinhava, he called on the authorities to do everything possible to find the missing people.
Sinhava said, Liu also noted that there were risks to the elimination of the slopes, demanding a scientific diagnosis to ensure the safety of the operation and prevent any other destruction.
China has allocated 80 million yuan (about $ 11 million) to support destruction and recovery efforts.
Land sliding due to often rain or unsafe construction work in China is not unusual. Last year, A Land slide Dozens of people were killed in a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern Greek province.
