China News Agency, Changsha, April 29 (Fu Jingyi) At noon on April 29, a self-built house in Wangcheng District, Changsha, Hunan collapsed.

As of press time, people have been rescued at the scene one after another, but the official has not announced the specific casualties.

　　According to the local official report, at 12:24 on the same day, a self-built house (with a construction area of ​​about 700 square meters) in Panshuwan, Jinping Community, Jinshanqiao Street, Wangcheng District, Changsha collapsed.

A self-built house in Changsha collapsed.

Photo by Yang Huafeng

　　When the reporter arrived at the scene at about 15:00, the blockade had been pulled up from the periphery, and the fire, emergency, health, public security and other departments were on the scene for rescue.

According to nearby residents, they heard a loud noise during lunch. At first, they thought it was firecrackers. Later, they found out that a building had collapsed, and dust was billowing from the collapse.

　　After preliminary understanding, the building is located near the north gate of Changsha Medical College. It is a self-built house with 6 floors and a half-brick concrete structure. The owner later added three floors on the roof. Up to the 6th floor is a family hotel, and above the 6th floor is a self-contained house.

The reporter saw at the scene that some buildings near the collapsed house also had roof additions.

　　The reporter saw from the aerial footage that there were at least three excavators working on the collapsed site, and a dregs removal truck drove into the site to transport the collapsed objects.

Numerous ambulances and emergency rescue vehicles were lined up outside the scene of the incident.

Emergency command vehicles and ambulances are waiting outside.

Photo by Yang Huafeng

　　According to the news from Changsha Fire Protection, they immediately dispatched 23 fire trucks and 134 fire rescue personnel from 10 fire rescue stations to the scene to dispose of them with search and rescue dogs and life detectors. At about 12:50, the first batch of fire Rescue forces arrived at the scene.

　　The video released by the official Weibo of "China Fire Protection" shows that the firefighters found that there were people trapped in a slit in the landslide through the life detector, and confirmed that the trapped people were 3 people with the sound of knocking. uncomfortable.

　　At present, people have been rescued at the scene one after another, and the search and rescue work is still underway.

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