Burst! Partial collapse of the city wall of the Mingqin Palace in Xi'an, multiple vehicles damaged and no casualties
Westnet News (Reporter Li Zhuoran and Han Rui) Today (August 8th) at about 9:40 in the morning, a part of the wall of the Ming Qin Palace on the south side of the Xincheng Square in Xi'an suddenly collapsed. Fortunately, the collapse caused no casualties. At present, security cordon has been set up around the collapsed section, the fire department has begun to clean up the earthwork on the site, and relevant departments are formulating emergency repair plans.
Fortunately, no casualties were caused.
The site of the Ming Qin Palace's city wall on the south side of Xi'an New City Square suddenly collapsed.
Reporters from Westwest.com and Shaanxi Toutiao learned from the scene that the collapsed city wall was about 10 meters long, and the deepest point was about 5 meters. The wall on the roundabout side of the New Town Square collapsed very seriously, and the soil inside had been exposed. The earth and bricks falling from the wall had filled the road. One bus and three small cars were damaged to varying degrees. Traffic police have implemented traffic control at the scene. Firefighters are clearing the earth. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Firefighters are clearing the earthwork.
The traffic police on duty told reporters that after 9 o'clock in the morning, a bang was suddenly heard and the city wall collapsed. "There have been cracks in this section of the city wall before, and repairs have been carried out, pulling up the cordon."
Cracks have appeared in this section of the city wall, and repairs have been carried out, pulling up a cordon.
It is understood that the ruins of Ming Qin Palace’s city wall belonged to part of Ming Qin’s city. The city wall was built inside and brick outside. In September 2003, it was announced as the fourth batch of Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government.