China News Service, Chengdu, September 16 (Zou Li, Yang Yue and Yitong) According to the latest news from the Propaganda Department of the Luxian County Party Committee, as of 11 o'clock on the 16th, the 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Luxian, Sichuan has caused 3 deaths, 3 serious injuries, and 85 people. For minor injuries, 73,755 people were urgently transferred, 3212 people were transferred and resettled, and 79 resettlement points were made.
Rescue scene.
Photo by Xie Peilin
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake also caused the collapse of 1,221 residential houses in the county, severe damage to 3285, and 20,004 generally damaged; 37 communication base stations were broken; 5 10kv power lines were out of service, and a total of 300 districts and 20,000 users were out of power. ; 96 companies were damaged.
The picture shows the local disaster situation.
Photo courtesy of Sichuan Fire
There are 6,400 permanent emergency teams in 20 towns (sub-districts) in Luxian County and 1057 professional rescue forces dispatched by provinces, cities and counties are intensively carrying out rescue work.
In addition, the relief materials dispatched by the Luzhou City-level disaster relief material reserve and the Luxian County-level disaster relief material reserve are also being distributed in an orderly manner.
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