China News Service, Taizhou, June 14 (Reporter Fan Yubin and Xi Jinyan) Fragmented houses, scorched car wreckage, and pieces of ruins... Around 16:40 on the 13th, on the highway near Liangshan Village, Daxi Town, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province The tank truck exploded out of the highway, accompanied by several loud noises, the village's former tranquility was completely broken, and some houses and factories collapsed instantly.

Photo by Fan Yubin at the rescue site

  Liangshan Village is located near the entrance of the Daxi section of the G15 Shenhai Expressway. There are about two thousand people in the village. For the villagers, this is a "flying disaster."

  It was midsummer, the weather was hot, and most of the leisure villagers stayed at home. Before the incident, the villager Uncle Wu was watching the granddaughter writing homework at home, and there was a loud noise. "I thought there was a car overturning on the high speed. I wanted to go downstairs to see it. And the roof were blown up."

Photo by Fan Yubin at the rescue site

  Realizing that the situation was wrong, Uncle Wu quickly ran upstairs and picked up his granddaughter to escape from the house, shouting and escaping in the opposite direction of the high speed. "There was no reaction at that time. The granddaughter was injured when she went up." After relieving his grief, Uncle Wu called back to his wife who was working in a nearby factory by phone and took the granddaughter to the hospital.

  Seeing the once beautiful homeland turned into "ruins", Uncle Wu was horrified and his eyes were red. "How could this happen..."

  Villager Li Yating recalled that there were four explosions at that time. During the second explosion, the doors and windows were shattered. After running out, the smell of gas was pungent.

Photo by Fan Yubin at the rescue site

  At 23:20 on the 13th, the reporter arrived at the core area of ​​the accident and found that the smell of gas was still in the air, the house was seriously damaged, the roof had been "exposed" by the explosion wave, the doors and windows were shattered, and the ground was full. The falling concrete blocks and the messy furniture made the scene messy and shocking.

  The house closest to the explosion of the tank truck, which is currently the most damaged house, is the factory building of a fan company, and the facade has been scorched.

Photo by Fan Yubin at the rescue site

  After the incident, the local government immediately organized a scientific rescue on the spot, spared no effort to rescue the injured, and quickly searched and rescued the trapped. Police sirens roared, and firefighters, armed police, and medical personnel arrived quickly, setting up a passage of life.

  As the explosion damaged the building and the stairs were destroyed, firefighters could only use the ladder truck to enter the rubble for search and rescue. In order to prevent secondary injuries, search and rescue personnel used their hands to dig through the rubble and remove the rubble to rescue the injured.

  It was already late at night. With the installation of large emergency generators and the installation of several emergency lights, the scene of the accident was still as bright as the day, and the rescue relay continued. This night, destined to be sleepless. (Finish)