China News Service, Zhuhai, July 15 (Reporter Deng Yuanwen) At about 3:30 am on the 15th, a water leakage accident occurred at the 1.16km location of the Shijingshan tunnel construction section of the Zhuhai Xingye Express (south section) project, causing 14 construction workers to be trapped. .
Zhuhai City immediately established an on-site rescue headquarters. As of this morning, the rescue work was still proceeding in an orderly manner.
According to the Zhuhai Emergency Management Bureau, around 3:30 am on July 15th, a flooding accident occurred at a 1.16 km location of the Shijingshan Tunnel construction section of the Zhuhai Xingye Express (south section) project, causing 14 construction workers to be trapped.
Zhuhai City has established an on-site rescue headquarters for the first time. The rescue forces of the city's emergency response, firefighting, public security, water affairs, and transportation units are carrying out rescue operations on the trapped people.
The report stated that the cause of the accident is under investigation and the follow-up rescue situation will be notified to the society in time.
It is understood that the total length of the Xingye Express Line (south section) is about 4.77 kilometers, starting from the intersection of Jiuzhou Avenue and Jianye Road in the south, crossing Bailian Road in the form of a bridge, and then passing through the city of Banzhang Mountain and Xiangzhou District in the form of a tunnel. The end point is connected to the working well of the Xingye Express Line (North Section) south of Meihua East Road in the form of open cut, and is connected with the Xingye Express Line (North Section) project to form an express passage that runs through the north-south direction of Zhuhai City.
Among them, the Shijingshan tunnel section (from the entrance on the south side of Banzhang Mountain to the working well on the north side of Banzhang Mountain) is about 1.77 kilometers in length. It is a single hole with three lanes and a double hole with six lanes.
The reporter found at the Bailian intersection near the accident that traffic control had already been implemented at the scene, and pedestrians and vehicles were prohibited from entering.
At the same time, many large excavators on Bailian Road have been urgently mobilized to this section of road on standby.
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