China News Service, July 27. According to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Emergency Management, on July 27, the Ministry of Emergency Management approved Comrade Chen Lu, the political instructor of the Fire Rescue Brigade of Lujiang County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, who was sacrificed in flood fighting and rescue work, as a martyr.
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From July 18 to 21, heavy rain fell in Hefei City, Anhui Province. Lujiang County suffered a once-in-a-century flood. The water levels of many rivers exceeded historical peaks. The political instructor of the Lujiang County Fire Rescue Brigade led the group's commanders and fighters to 5 towns and towns to fight. In 96 hours, 2665 people were successfully transferred and rescued. On July 22, the Shidaxu dyke in Lujiang County burst, causing 4 villages and 5.8 square kilometers to be flooded. About 6,500 people were besieged by the flood, in critical condition. Regardless of personal safety, Chen Lu travelled to and from the trapped people in rubber boats many times. During the rescue process, the breach suddenly widened, and the rubber dinghy was rolled over in a whirlpool. Chen Lu, the local guide, and Wang Song, the deputy secretary of the party branch of Lianhe Village, Tongda Town, Lujiang County, were washed away by the flood and lost contact. After 49 hours of full search and rescue, a body was found in the water about 2.3 kilometers downstream of the incident on the afternoon of the 24th. The DNA comparison of public security organs confirmed that Comrade Chen Lu had died heroically on the 26th.
After Comrade Chen Lu died, the Party Committee of the Emergency Management Department attached great importance to it and expressed cordial condolences to his family. The deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Bureau who was sent to guide flood relief and relief work in Anhui visited and condoned his family members and did his best to deal with the aftermath.
Chen Lu, male, Han nationality, born in February 1984, Jiangdu, Jiangsu, member of the Communist Party of China, participated in fire fighting work in December 2001, brigade-level chief and first-level commander fire rescue rank. He was once rated as "Excellent People's Police of Anhui Province", "Advanced Individual in Earthquake Relief in Hefei", and "Outstanding Communist Party Member" of Anhui Fire Brigade.