China News Service, Qinghai Datong, August 19th: Qinghai Datong Mountain Flood Disaster Rescue Over 24 Hours: Everyman's Kindness Gathers Bits and Moves
Author Hu Guilong Qi Zengbei
In the middle of the night on the 18th, it was rainy and rainy in Hejiazhuang Village, Qingshan Township, Datong County, Xining City, Qinghai Province, and the road was muddy. In the resettlement site, in addition to firefighting, emergency, medical, public security and other rescue personnel, there are also some caring people who are providing assistance to the former and fully supporting the rescue.
The picture shows the fire rescue personnel in the search and rescue work.
Photo by Ma Mingyan
"It didn't rain much at the beginning of last night. Later, I felt something was wrong. I immediately organized the cadres in the village to mobilize the villagers to start emergency avoidance." The secretary of the Party branch and director of the village committee of Hejiazhuang Village, Qingshan Township, Datong County, covered in mud He Hongfu carried a bowl of beef noodles and said as he ate, this was the first hot meal he had eaten since he started his investigation work last night, and there was only a small piece of the pancake in his pocket after eating all day. , covered with dirt.
"After eating the noodles, I went to continue calling people from house to house. There are 478 households, and none of them can be missing, especially those near the river and the foot of the mountain. They must be evacuated."
At 22:25 on August 17, a sudden heavy rainfall in Datong County, Xining City, Qinghai Province caused flash floods and caused the river to be diverted. 1,517 households and 6,245 people in 6 villages in 2 townships were affected.
After further search and rescue verification, as of 20:00 on the 18th, the mountain torrent disaster has killed 17 people, 17 people lost contact, and 20 people who lost contact have been successfully searched and rescued.
In Hejiazhuang Village, the reporter saw the transfer vehicle driving slowly on the road full of silt. The villagers supported each other and walked towards the vehicle in the rain.
Some caring vehicles pulled mineral water, instant noodles and other living materials to the front line of rescue.
Ma Xiaoben, the captain of the Datong Baige Love Team, is a Gansu native who has lived in Datong for 18 years. He told reporters that their team has a WeChat group. After learning of the mountain torrent disaster, someone in the group proposed to do everything they could to help disaster-stricken people.
"There are locals from Datong, Qinghai, and others in our team, but we all regard this place as our second hometown. Now that our hometown is in trouble, we should help each other and support the rescue work."
Those who support the rescue are not only those who have lived in Chase for a long time, but also Chase people who work abroad.
The reporter noticed that the door of a shop next to Qingshan Township Government in Datong County was open.
The picture shows Chase "Ramen People" spontaneously set up a ramen stall.
Photo by Ma Mingyan
The banners were hung by more than 20 "ramen people" from Datong County. When they learned that there was a flash flood here, they organized spontaneously, donated money and materials, and made contributions to set up a ramen stand in the place where the rescuers and the masses were most concentrated. .
"We have more than 600 people, all of whom are migrant workers and open ramen restaurants. More than 20 people came to the scene, all of them just happened to go home to visit relatives. The rest who couldn't come basically donated money to buy food for cooking. materials." Sha Chengliang, the owner of the Datong Ramen Group, introduced that both rescuers and villagers can come here to eat as long as they need it, they don't charge a penny, and say they will do their best to protect the rescue.
The picture shows the Chase Caring Team delivering supplies.
Photo by Qi Zengbei
According to the reporter's understanding, after the disaster, Qinghai Province organized more than 4,500 people from fire departments, public security, armed police, emergency response, medical care, militia and other departments, as well as village cadres, surrounding townships, and villagers. Open, grid, "carpet" search and rescue of missing persons.
As of the press time of the reporter from Chinanews.com, the rescue of the "8.18" mountain torrent disaster in Datong County, Qinghai has exceeded 24 hours.
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