China News Service, Leye, Guangxi, September 15 (Reporter Jiang Xuelin and Yu Jing) The publicity department of Leye County Party Committee in Guangxi provided the latest news on the evening of the 15th that the county's Leye Avenue tunnel collapse accident rescue is still underway, and rescuers use their lives. The detector still found no signs of life. According to experience, the probability of surviving the 9 trapped persons is very small.

  The reporter saw at the scene that large rescue equipment entered and exited in an orderly manner.

Strict entry and exit registration is carried out at the tunnel entrance, and rescue personnel perform rotation operations every two hours.

Outside the tunnel entrance, an ambulance vehicle was parked, and medical staff were nervously on standby.

The scene of the accident rescue.

Photo by Yu Jing

  On September 10, during tunnel construction at 540 meters from the left hole of Leye Avenue, Leye County, the roof collapsed suddenly, causing 9 workers to be trapped.

As of 18:00 on September 15, the collapse of the Leye Avenue Tunnel occurred for more than 120 hours.

  According to the information provided by the official Leye County, according to the search and rescue plan optimized by the expert group on September 14, the on-site rescue unit used wet spray manipulators to spray concrete to seal and strengthen the collapsed body. As of 18:00 on September 15th, a total of 4 Car concrete, 11 cars mortar injection reinforcement, sprayed concrete about 150 square meters; completed the initial support section of the tunnel 3.5 meters, 7 steel arches installation and reinforcement.

The scene of the accident rescue.

Photo by Yu Jing

  In the next step, the on-site rescue headquarters will fully organize and carry out rescue work in accordance with the rescue plan optimized by the expert group, and at the same time do a good job in the emotional comfort of the families of the trapped people.

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