China News Agency, Chongqing, January 7th: Directly at the scene of the collapse of Wulong in Chongqing: the miracle of turning on the lights to rescue and praying for life without stopping
China News Agency reporter Liu Xianglin
"Pippi..." "I found another one, hurry up..." The loud whistle and hurried shouts broke the silence of the late night, and a group of rescuers gathered around.
At 12:10 on the 7th, the canteen of the Fengshan Sub-district Office in Wulong District, Chongqing collapsed. It was suspected that the canteen gas leaked and exploded, causing more than 20 people to be trapped.
On the evening of January 7th, at the scene of the collapse of the Chongqing Wulong Canteen, firefighters were emergency rescue overnight.
On the same day, the canteen of the Fengshan Sub-district Office in Wulong District, Chongqing City collapsed. A gas leak in the canteen was suspected to explode, and more than 20 people were trapped.
The picture shows firefighters in emergency rescue.
Photo by Chen Chao
At night, the rescue continued.
A reporter from China News Agency saw at the scene that the incident was located on a mountainside. A two-story building where the canteen was located had been razed to the ground, and various building materials such as bricks, prefabricated panels, and beams were scattered all over the place.
Due to the small size of the site, large rescue equipment could not enter the rescue site. Two large cranes were parked on a section of the road below the scene of the incident, and extended their long booms to park above the scene of the incident.
Under the command of rescue personnel, the driver either lifted large building materials such as prefabricated panels out of the accident site, or raised the collapsed beam to facilitate further rescue.
The rescue scene in the middle of the night was illuminated by a circle of lights like daytime.
The small rescue scene gathered firefighters, armed police, militiamen, medical staff and other rescuers.
Large rescue equipment could not enter, and rescuers had to use tools such as iron picks, shovels and steel drills to dig out the building materials and remove them.
Two search and rescue dogs searched around under the command of fire and rescue personnel.
When the victims were found, all the people at the scene immediately stopped their work and held a brief collective silence.
Rescuers held a moment of silence for the victims.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency, the rescuers of the armed police who participated in the rescue at the scene said that since the scene of the accident was only 20 to 30 square meters, many of the equipment carried by the rescuers could not be used. This has had an impact on the rapid deployment of the rescue.
"Doctor...Oxygen bag..." At around 23 o'clock, the rescuers' shouts made the scene boil.
The medical staff standing by the side immediately rushed into the ruins, and worked together to lift the trapped people onto the stretcher. The scene immediately burst into applause.
As the stretcher moved outward, the crowd automatically gave way.
The ambulance, which had been waiting for a long time, pulled the survivors and whizzed away.
Firefighters are emergency rescue.
Photo by Chen Chao
It is understood that after the accident, Chen Miner, secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Hu Henghua, deputy secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and acting mayor of the municipal government, rushed to the scene to command and dispatch.
The local fire rescue team dispatched 2 heavy rescue teams and 1 light rescue team, with a total of 260 people and 50 vehicles rushed to the scene for rescue.
The Ministry of Emergency Management of China dispatched a working group and experts led by Vice Minister Song Yuanming to the scene to guide the rescue and disposal work, dispatched a mine rescue team and an engineering rescue team, a total of 60 people and 20 hoisting and excavation equipment to the scene for reinforcement.
It was nearly midnight, the scene was brightly lit, and rescuers were still racing against time to save lives.
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