China News Service, Chengdu, September 5 (Reporter Wang Peng) The reporter learned from the Garzi Prefecture Public Security Bureau of Sichuan Province on the evening of the 5th that in the afternoon of the same day, the Garzi Prefecture special police rescued a trapped man in Moxi Town with bare hands.
At 12:52 on September 5, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers.
On the afternoon of the same day, the special police raid rescue team in Ganzi was patrolling the streets of Hailuogou, Moxi Town, Luding County. They received help from the public saying that a man in his 40s was crushed under the collapsed house, and they rushed to the scene immediately for rescue.
After arriving at the scene, facing the narrow passage and the inaccessibility of rescue equipment such as excavators, the special police raid rescue team digged the soil with bare hands, successfully rescued the trapped man and sent it to the Ganzi Prefecture People's Hospital for rescue.
So far, the special police raid rescue team has rescued more than 30 trapped people.
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