China News Service, Pu'er, August 7 (Guo Yuanfeng and Sun Zhiqiang) On the night of August 6-7, continuous heavy rainfall caused a mudslide disaster in Xiazhai Village, Yixiang Town, Simao District, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province. One person died and the road was interrupted. Many houses were damaged.
At 8 o'clock on the 7th, after receiving the report of the disaster, the Pu'er City Forest Fire Fighting detachment quickly launched the mudslide disaster rescue implementation plan, and immediately sent 15 officers and soldiers as the rescue team to advance to the village with rescue equipment.
The picture shows members of the Pu'er Forest Fire Fighting Brigade during the rescue. Photo by Guo Yuanfeng
There was heavy rain along the way, and landslides continued along the way. The advance team eliminated the danger and detoured towards the disaster area. A total of 21 landslides were ruled out, and the route was changed 4 times. At 15:06, the rescue team arrived at the Taipingshan villager group responsible for tasks such as transferring materials for the villagers and cleaning up road silt in the disaster area.
Subsequently, the Pu'er City Forest Fire Fighting Detachment once again sent 15 officers and soldiers to the material warehouse of the Munaihe Industrial Park in Simao District to carry 100 tents, and then to the Taipingshan villager group in Xiazhai Village, Yixiang Town to carry out rescue missions.
The picture shows members of the Pu'er Forest Fire Fighting Brigade during the rescue. Photo by Guo Yuanfeng
As of 18:00 on the same day, the rescue team had dredged 800 meters of ditches, 150 meters of rural roads, cleared 100 cubic meters of silt, cut and removed about 500 cubic meters of fallen wood, and transported 5 tons of debris. 15 reinforcements had already transported 100 tents to the disaster area. (Finish)