The continuous rainfall caused landslides, and rescuers used large machinery to clear the way.
Sichuan emergency map
China News Service, Chengdu, September 17 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) The reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department on the 17th that after the magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Luxian County, the province has successively mobilized fire rescue, forest fire protection, comprehensive emergency rescue, and medical rescue. More than 7,400 rescuers from armed police, militia, etc. participated in the rescue. They divided the network and entered the village and entered the village to carry out the investigation of hidden dangers and personnel search and rescue work to ensure that no one household or one person was missed. 26 people were rescued successively.
The forest fire rescue force is setting up tents at the resettlement points in the earthquake area.
Photo courtesy of Sichuan Forest Fire
From the 15th to the 16th, the western, central and southern parts of the Sichuan Basin suffered heavy rains, including 11 cities and 32 counties (cities, districts) in Guangyuan, Mianyang, Deyang, Meishan, Leshan, Yibin, Zigong, Neijiang, Ziyang, Suining, and Nanchong. There were heavy rainstorms in some places, and extremely heavy rains fell at two stations in Santai County, 272.9 mm at Santai Station and 251.8 mm at Xindeyongxin Station.
This round of heavy rains caused 361 mu of crops in Zizhong County of Neijiang City to be damaged, 64 people in Dongxing District were affected, 4 households and 5 houses were severely damaged, 699 households in Weiyuan County were affected by 2,255 people, and infrastructure in various regions was damaged to varying degrees... At the time, Luo Kai, political commissar of the Neijiang City’s Work Safety Emergency Rescue Detachment, led 25 rescuers to transfer people in various communities in the rain to investigate dangers.
"The Meteorological Observatory has issued a blue rainstorm warning for the third consecutive day. The rainy season is long this year, and the people may suffer!" Luo Kai said.
Rescue forces from all parties are being dispatched in the Lu County Earthquake Relief Command.
Sichuan emergency map
At 4:33 on the 16th, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Lu County, Luzhou City, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
The Sichuan Earthquake Relief and Disaster Relief Headquarters decided to initiate a secondary emergency response, and the relevant departments directly under the province immediately entered an emergency state. The Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department quickly dispatched rescue forces to participate in the rescue.
At the same time, with the consent of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, the Sichuan Provincial "September 16" Earthquake Relief Field Joint Headquarters was established.
"Please go to Fuji Town, the epicenter of Luxian County, to participate in emergency rescue!" At 5 o'clock in the morning on the 16th, Luo Kai and the team members received the dispatch order again at 5 a.m. on the 16th. Mid... At 7:30, Luo Kai and his team members who arrived in the earthquake area have evacuated more than 100 people in Datian Community, Fuji Town, Lu County, dealt with 4 hidden safety hazards, eliminated 2 hidden water hazards, set up 26 tents, and resettled them. The masses are more than 200 people.
Subsequently, the Yibin City Comprehensive Emergency Rescue Team also rushed to Caoba Village with emergency reinforcements, and successively searched and rescued 4 elderly people, including Yi Zemin's mother and son.
Yi Zemin was carried and transferred. The 94-year-old was like a helpless child, lying in the arms of rescuers. The surviving old man finally felt safe.
"Thank you, they are my relatives!" Currently, the mother and son are being treated at Luxian Hospital.
How to fight against time for disaster relief while maintaining the safety line of defense during the flood season?
The Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department took life-saving as its primary task, quickly assembled forces, conducted real-time research, judgment, and dispatch, and rushed to the earthquake area to command rescue.
At 4:50 am on the 16th, Xia Fengjian, director of the Sichuan Emergency Management Department, dispatched the front disaster and rescue teams many times to analyze and judge the earthquake disaster, and dispatched deputy director Mao Dezhong to lead the leading period working group to the disaster area.
The forest firefighting force in the earthquake area is setting up tents in the earthquake area.
Photo courtesy of Sichuan Forest Fire
"What is the situation after the earthquake? Is there any related situation such as damage to water conservancy facilities and formation of dammed lakes?" The staff of the Sichuan Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office, who stayed up all night due to heavy rain at 4:35, tightened their nerves again, and on the one hand, they need to monitor closely. Rain and water regimes send dispatching instructions, and on the other hand, they have stepped up to dispatch the surrounding cities (prefectures) of Luzhou, Neijiang, Zigong and other earthquake areas to understand whether there are damage to water conservancy facilities, whether a barrier lake is formed, etc., and request the local area as soon as possible Verify the disaster situation and do a good job in earthquake relief.
Forest firefighters are distributing mineral water to the villagers.
Photo courtesy of Sichuan Forest Fire
According to incomplete statistics, as of 22:00 on the 16th, the earthquake had caused disasters in Longmatan District, Naxi District, Lu County, and Hejiang County of Luzhou City. There were 1,262 houses collapsed and 28,568 houses damaged in Lu County.
The Sichuan Provincial Disaster Reduction Commission launched the second-level natural disaster relief emergency response, set up 89 resettlement points, mobilized 2,500 tents, 10,700 folding beds, 10,600 quilts, and more than 10,000 living supplies to the disaster area.
At the same time, according to the earthquake relief and resettlement needs, the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department applied to the Emergency Department for the deployment of 2,000 single tents of 12 square meters, 10,000 folding beds (soft surface), and 10,000 summer cool quilts, all of which have now arrived in Luzhou.
In addition, the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Headquarters also organized a dragnet inspection of key locations, construction in progress, old houses and crowded places in the earthquake area, and guided Luxian County to conduct a full-coverage investigation of hidden dangers in the surrounding area of Jiaming Town, and make every effort to eliminate safety. Hidden dangers, strictly prevent secondary disasters, and ensure the safety of people’s lives and property.
A disaster relief tent has been set up on the campus playground in the earthquake area.
Photo courtesy of Sichuan Forest Fire
After preliminary investigations, Luzhou and neighboring cities and counties have not found any geological disasters and new hidden dangers caused by earthquakes, and there are no reports of disasters for the time being.
Yibin City carried out post-earthquake investigations on 512 hidden danger points of geological hazards within its jurisdiction, and no signs of deformation have been found at the hidden danger points for the time being.
At present, rescue work is still continuing, and the weather in the earthquake area is dominated by light rain.
Provincial rescue teams such as the People's Liberation Army, Armed Police, Shuanjia and Puguang in Sichuan, and aviation rescue forces such as China Flying Dragon and China General Aviation are ready to assemble and dispatch.
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