China News Service, Guilin, July 2 (Yu Lin) In the early morning of July 2, Ziyuan County in Guilin City, Guangxi Province was hit by heavy rain, causing waterlogging, causing many people to be trapped and urgently in need of rescue.

After receiving the alarm, the Guilin Fire Rescue Detachment dispatched 16 fire trucks, 13 rubber dinghies, 112 commanders and fighters, and 2 search and rescue dogs rushed to the scene for emergency rescue.

  At 3:45 in the morning, at the South Dabu Street Post Office in Ziyuan County, fire rescue personnel arrived at the scene and found that a piece of stagnant water had formed nearby. The deepest part of the water had not passed the thighs. After on-site investigation, the water flow at the scene was rapid and rising rapidly. Threatened the lives of trapped residents.

Fire and rescue personnel were divided into two groups to carry out rescue operations. One group set up a search and rescue team to enter the nearby houses to search and rescue trapped persons from floor to floor, while the other group set up warning signs on the periphery.

After more than two hours of search and rescue, 6 trapped persons were successfully rescued.

Fire rescue personnel searched and rescued the trapped people.

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  At 4:27 in the morning, due to continuous heavy rainfall, there was serious water accumulation under the viaduct at the Chanziping highway intersection in Zhongfeng Town, Ziyuan County, and vehicles and people were trapped in the water.

After arriving at the scene, fire rescue personnel found that water had submerged half of the cart.

"We drove over from there. Just after crossing the intersection, the car broke down. Then the water rushed us to the middle. The car started to seep. We rolled down the windows and climbed onto the roof." The trapped person said. .

After preliminary inspection, the two firefighters tied one end of the rope to their waists and put on life jackets, and slowly reached the position of the trapped persons. After putting on life jackets for them, they returned along the same rope path.

After 20 minutes, the trapped people were moved to safety.

The fire rescue rescued the driver trapped under the viaduct.

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  At the same time, fire rescue personnel received an alarm stating that a pregnant woman was trapped near the viaduct at Chanziping Expressway. 120 asked for help to transfer the pregnant woman. After arriving at the scene, they found that the deepest part of the flooding position had not passed the car roof. The staff rowed a rubber dinghy to the home of the trapped pregnant woman. Considering that the pregnant woman should not be in the water, fire rescue personnel put the pregnant woman on the rescue buoyancy vest and hugged her to the rubber dinghy. The local public security department successfully transferred the pregnant woman to a safe area. .

Fire rescue workers transferred trapped pregnant women.

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  As of 10 a.m. on July 2, fire rescue personnel have rescued 11 people trapped in succession, without casualties. In recent days, most of the weather is heavy rain. The fire department reminds the general public: In case of heavy rain, do not stay in low-lying areas to avoid personal injury. When encountering people trapped, don't panic and dial 119 for help in time. (Finish)