Chinanews.com, Beijing, September 19 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management of China that as of 15:00 on the 19th, the Guizhou Mangzhangjiang passenger ship rollover accident had caused 10 deaths and 5 lost contact. The ministry sent a working group to the scene to guide. Disposal of work.
At about 17 o'clock on September 18, a passenger ship on the Zang Dan River in Zang Dan Town, Liuzhi Special Economic Zone, Liupanshui City, Guizhou, rolled over.
As of 15:00 on the 19th, the accident had caused 10 deaths and 5 lost contact.
After receiving the report, Huang Ming, Secretary of the Party Committee and Minister of the Emergency Management Department, immediately made arrangements to organize rescue and treatment efforts, try to reduce casualties, carefully identify the cause of the accident, learn lessons, draw inferences from one another, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and promote the fundamental solution of the problem and take strict precautions. Serious traffic accidents have occurred one after another.
The Emergency Management Department has dispatched a working group led by Vice Minister Song Yuanming to go to the scene with public security, transportation and other departments to guide rescue and investigation work.
At present, the working group has arrived at the scene to start work.
After the accident, the Liupanshui Fire Rescue Detachment immediately dispatched 11 fire trucks and 46 officers and soldiers to the scene for rescue.
The Guizhou Fire Rescue Corps has successively dispatched 2 professional water rescue teams in Guiyang, Anshun, and Southwest Guizhou, as well as a heavy diving unit with 24 fire trucks, 79 commanders (including 20 divers), 8 assault boats, 3 underwater robots, 26 sets of diving equipment rushed to the scene for rescue.
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