China News Agency, Huangmei, Hubei, July 8 Electric question: Directly hit the landslide site of Huangmei Mountain in Hubei: picking up lights at rainy night to rescue the miracle of hope
Author Liang Tingwu Yili
"Stretcher, hurry up!" On the evening of the 8th, at the rescue site of the landslide in Yuanshan Village, Dahe Town, Huangmei County, Hubei, the emergency lights were on. The roar of the excavator, the cry of rescuers and the sound of rain were intertwined. The quietness of the old village. In the rainy night, rescuers have not given up looking for signs of life.
The picture shows the rescue scene. Photo by E Xiaoxuan
Affected by the heavy rain, at 4 a.m. on July 8, a sudden landslide occurred in Group 3 of Yuanshan Village, Dahe Town, Huangmei County, Hubei Province, resulting in the burial of 9 households in 5 households. Local emergency organizations such as emergency, public security, armed police, health, medical and other forces participated in the rescue.
On the afternoon of the 8th, a reporter from China News Agency drove to the scene of the accident. Due to continuous heavy rains for many days, many road sections in Huangmei County had water stains, and the water depth did not reach the calf. Affected by this, direct traffic to Dahe Town was blocked, and vehicles had to bypass to reach the village where the incident occurred.
The reporter noticed that along the way, rescue forces such as Blue Sky Rescue Fleet, Fire Engine and Ambulance are constantly increasing the location of the incident.
The picture shows the rescue scene. Photo by E Xiaoxuan
On the way to the core area of the incident, villagers braved the rain and carried their luggage to a safe area under the mountain. The reporter met a villager who was going to the cousin's house. According to her recollection, at 4 o'clock in the morning, she and her husband were awakened by a "booming" loud noise, and then they heard the sound of "dong bang" coming from the window. Her first reaction was "Who is knocking on the window", but her husband thought it was an earthquake. It was not until the village notified the villagers of the emergency transfer, she learned that 9 people were buried because of a landslide.
Wu Liangzhen, 42, has been waiting at the rescue site with her husband. Her mother, brother-in-law and niece's family were buried because of the landslide. Wu Liangzhen and her husband lived in Wugang, Huanggang. After learning of the danger, she and her husband drove back to Dahe Town at six in the morning. She introduced that her mother lived alone in an old house on the hillside, while her sister-in-law's family lived in a nearby three-story building.
The picture shows the rescue scene. Photo by E Xiaoxuan
The reporter saw at the scene that the residential building had either completely collapsed or was inclined, and the excavator equipment was being cleaned up on the collapsed house. Many rescue forces gathered at the scene, and search and rescue dogs were sniffing for signs of life on the ruins.
At about 1 p.m. that day, rescue workers on the scene used life detectors to find trapped persons with vital signs beneath the collapsed house. Then, by shouting and beating, a faint sound appeared in the mud and judged "someone".
Xu Hongbo, deputy team leader of the Huanggang City Fire and Rescue Detachment who participated in the rescue at the scene, said that after the life detector detected the trapped people had vital signs, they were then illuminated by strong lights and asked if they could see the lights. "We rescued this mother-in-law by hand, cutting machine, etc. It took nearly 3 hours."
Xu Hongbo said that the rescue action should not be too large, because it is mud and sand. If the action is too large, it may cause collapse, and the old man will be suppressed again, so you can only be careful. "We can only carry out rescue by calling, digging, calling and digging again."
The picture shows the rescue scene. Photo by E Xiaoxuan
Due to the continuous rainfall and the soft soil on the site, the rescue difficulty is increased to a certain extent. In order to prevent the second accident, three observation posts were set up at the search and rescue site.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, Wu Liangzhen's 80-year-old mother was rescued. The medical staff at the scene initially determined that the elderly had stable vital signs and a broken hand and was transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
As of 9 o'clock on the evening of the 8th, the landslide in Yuanshan Village, Dahe Town had searched and rescued six trapped persons, five of whom had no vital signs.
At night, the search and rescue site began to rain again, and rolling stones continued to fall. A firefighter who participated in the rescue introduced that the large amount of earth in the landslide added some difficulties to the rescue, but everyone will not give up and will do their utmost to save every life.
Yuanshan Village, where the incident occurred, is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is surrounded by mountains and water. A villager in his 60s told reporters that he had lived here for decades and for the first time saw the river in front of his house rise so high.
According to the Huangmei County Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, the county has experienced four rounds of heavy rainfall since it entered Meimei this year. As of 5 o'clock on the 8th, the county's Yangtze River main embankment water level was 20.79 meters, exceeding the warning water level; the urban area was seriously waterlogged, and dangerous situations occurred in many places of the mountain river embankment. Huangmei County started the flood control level II emergency response at 7:00 on the 8th. (Finish)