Chinanews.com, Linfen, August 29 (Li Tingyao and Yang Peipei) "I was playing cards in a private room and suddenly heard a bang. When I turned around, the hall collapsed." At around 9:40 on the 29th, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province A collapse of the banquet hall of the Juxian Hotel in Chenzhuang Village, Taosi Township caused many people to be buried. The 67-year-old witness, Mr. Kong, jumped out of the room from the window. He told reporters that some people had passed their lives when the incident happened. Some people played cards and chatted in the banquet hall, while most people listened to the theater in the courtyard.
At around 9:40 on the 29th, the banquet hall of the Juxian Hotel in Chenzhuang Village, Taosi Township, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province collapsed. Photo by Li Tingyao
Mr. Kong is a villager in Anli Village, Taosi Township. He said that there are more than 2,000 villagers in Anli Village and about 1,000 villagers in Chenzhuang Village, and the two deposits are adjacent. There is no restaurant in Anli Village, and the people in their village are used to having banquets at the Juxian Hotel. In the morning of the same day, he and his wife went to the Juxian Hotel, "ride an electric bike, and it will be there in about 3 minutes."
After jumping out of the window, Mr. Kong found that his wife was still trapped. He tried to return to the collapsed banquet hall, but the raised dust blocked his vision, and he could not even see what was in front of his face. About 1 minute later, Mr. Kong entered the collapsed house from the other direction and began to save people in the dust.
Mr. Kong, who witnessed the accident, had injuries on his legs and hands. Photo by Li Tingyao
Mr. Kong cut out a total of four or five people, and also recited two people. After he recited the two, rescuers arrived at the scene. Mr. Kong, who is less than 170 centimeters tall and weighs only a little over 100 kilos, said that he did not know where the power at the time made him recite the two of them. Seeing rescuers arriving at the scene, Mr. Kong's legs became weak and he could no longer stand.
"The scene was very chaotic, and some people who had been listening to the opera were so scared that they couldn't walk." Mr. Kong told reporters.
After the accident, firefighting, public security, emergency, personnel and related rescue teams arrived at the scene to carry out rescue work. As of 18:52 on the 29th, 45 people have been rescued. Among them, 17 people were killed, 7 were seriously injured, and 21 were slightly injured. Currently, rescue work is still in progress. (Finish)