China News Agency, Changsha, May 1 (Fu Jingyi, Yang Huafeng, Xu Zhixiong) As of 20:40 on May 1, 7 trapped people have been rescued from the collapse of their self-built houses in Changsha, Hunan.

  On April 29, a resident's self-built house collapsed in Wangcheng District, Changsha, Hunan. It was initially verified that 23 people were trapped and another 39 people lost contact.

On the evening of May 1, the "4.29" residents' self-built house collapsed in Wangcheng District, Changsha. After more than 50 hours of rescue, the seventh trapped person was rescued.

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  Zheng Jianxin, the mayor of Changsha and the commander-in-chief of the on-site dispatch and disposal headquarters, said that he will seize the 72-hour golden rescue period, try his best to search and rescue the trapped people, treat the injured with all-out efforts, insist on scientific rescue, and timely and accurately study the rescue situation on the spot. , Dynamically adjust rescue plans to prevent secondary disasters.

At the same time, strictly implement the requirements of "one person, one medical class", make every effort to treat the injured, and actively and steadily do a good job of comfort.

  At present, rescuers have repeatedly searched through a variety of life detectors, and found new vital signs among the trapped people.

A seventh trapped person was rescued.

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  Zhang Zheng, deputy leader of the Changsha Fire Rescue Detachment, said that according to the advice of medical staff, rescuers provided nutrient solution to the trapped people in a timely manner, and continued to communicate with the trapped people, encouraging them to maintain confidence, keep calm, preserve their physical strength, and wait for rescue .

Rescuers will make full use of the golden rescue period, continue to use life detectors to carry out multiple rounds of detection, and will not miss any signs of life and no corners.

  Chen Dachuan, a professor at the School of Civil Engineering of Hunan University and deputy head of the on-site emergency rescue expert group, said that through a comprehensive on-site investigation, it was understood that the building safety problem was serious, which caused great difficulties to the rescue work.

Rescue workers cleared the surrounding collapsed objects.

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  According to the previous official report, after preliminary investigation, the collapsed house was built by residents, with a total of 8 floors, of which the 1st floor is the facade, the 2nd floor is a restaurant, the 3rd floor is a screening cafe, the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors are family hotels, and the 7th floor is a hotel. , The 8th floor is self-occupied.

The tenants have made structural changes to the houses to varying degrees, and the specific reasons for the collapse of the houses are under investigation.

  It is reported that Changsha is doing its best to investigate the accident.

The Changsha public security organ has set up a special team to investigate the accident, and on May 1, nine people, including the owner Wu Mouyong and the design and construction director Long Moukai, were criminally detained.

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