China News Agency, Ganzi, September 7th, title: Sichuan Luding Earthquake: Entering the "Isolated Island" Village, Carrying Over the Mountains and Mountains
China News Agency reporter Wang Peng
"God, I don't even know how I came up with the tent today!" At about 17:00 on the 7th, on the steep mountain road returning from Mogangling Village, Moxi Town, 70 Ganzi forest firefighters "walked and slipped". A firefighter suddenly sighed.
Firefighters carry tents up the mountain.
Photo by Zhang Lang
As of 14:00 that day, the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 in Luding, Sichuan had killed 74 people, including 40 people in Ganzi Prefecture, 34 people in Ya'an City, and 35 people lost contact.
Rescue continues more than 48 hours after the earthquake.
Early in the morning, reporters from China News Agency met firefighters from the forest fire detachment of Ganzi Prefecture in Moxi Town, the epicenter. Today, they will carry 28 tents and living supplies to Mogang, which is known as "the northernmost Yi village in China". Ridge Village.
This Yi village is separated from Moxi Town by a large mountain, originally only a 10-minute drive from the town.
More than 10 mountain collapses caused by the earthquake completely interrupted the roads, and Mogangling Village became an "isolated island".
The rescuers had to take a detour to the town of Detuo, which is more than ten kilometers away, and follow a path that has been deserted for many years.
Firefighters carry tents up the mountain.
Photo by Zhang Lang
Leading the way for rescuers was Luo Gang, a 35-year-old villager.
He grew up on the mountain since he was a child, and only walked this path once more than ten years ago. "Although it was difficult to walk, it did not collapse and was safer."
At 10:00 in the morning, reporters from China News Agency followed the firefighters from the foot of the mountain, and soon felt the "difficulty" of this trip.
The mountain road is steep, hidden in the dense forest, and the vegetation is lush. Only the traces of people walking can be vaguely seen. The steepest section has to use both hands and feet.
After walking for ten minutes, the reporter was sweating profusely and his heart rate soared.
Firefighters carry tents up the mountain.
Photo by Zhang Lang
Compared with reporters who only carry small bags, forest firefighters are even more difficult-they carry disaster relief tents and supplies weighing up to 120 kilograms, and can only change people from time to time.
The rope was tied deeply on his shoulders, and Peng Jianbo, a member of the Kangding Squadron of the Ganzi Forest Fire Detachment, put a wooden stick under the rope to reduce the pressure.
During a rest on the way, he took off his helmet, and the sponge on the inside of the helmet actually dripped water.
"It's very tiring, but we have to send the tent up as soon as possible, the fellow is waiting." The 24-year-old forest firefighter in front of him lives in Yanzigou next to him.
After the earthquake, he was stationed in Leshan and rushed to the epicenter with the team. He has been in Moxi Town for the past two days to rescue, "Brothers are very hard, come to my hometown for disaster relief, and support me! (Sichuan dialect, meaning support). "
Villagers rushed their mules to meet them.
Photo by Zhang Lang
More than an hour later, halfway through the mountain road, a jingling sound suddenly came from the forest.
Xunsheng looked up and saw that it was the villagers who came to meet him with four mules.
Part of the tent was tied behind the mules, and the team continued on to the top of the mountain.
When passing a cornfield, some villagers were waiting here and prepared a basket of fresh walnuts.
Everyone decided to rest here.
After nearly an hour, the mountain road was finally finished, and some villagers were waiting on the cement village road on motorcycles.
They took over the tent and rescuers were finally able to walk the last kilometer lightly.
Entering Mogangling Village, an old grandmother heard that the rescuers were coming and cried, "You are finally here, it's great, the house is rotten..." Hearing the granny's food, bank cards, passbooks, clothes, TV The plane was in the house, and the firefighters immediately ran to the grandmother's house to rescue the supplies.
Around 12:30, 28 tents and living materials finally arrived at the resettlement site in Mogangling Village.
It only took half an hour to set up more than a dozen disaster relief tents.
The villagers are also busy, cooking porridge and boiling hot water.
When the children saw firefighters in orange suits, they felt very strange and started playing.
Villagers walked the last kilometer with their tents on motorcycles.
Photo by Zhang Lang
"Seeing firefighters is like seeing relatives. I want to cry." Dong Zubin, deputy director of the Mogangling Village Committee, was very excited. He said that more than 70 villagers are currently trapped here and cannot get out, most of them are the elderly and children. Everyone gathered at the resettlement site to build a simple shed, and several wounded have been transferred away. "Waiting for relief supplies, everyone dare not go back to the house to get things."
After helping the villagers to rescue the supplies at home, the firefighters had a rare rest.
For two consecutive days of emergency rescue, many firefighters had their feet rubbed off.
Wu Wenpei, the instructor of the first squadron of the Yajiang Brigade of the Ganzi Prefecture Forest Fire Detachment, grimaced in pain when he took off his shoes and changed the dressing.
Zhang Guosheng, the leader of the Yajiang Brigade of the Ganzi Prefecture Forest Fire Detachment, was also on the list. He broke half of his front teeth. "Don't write about this, it's a shame!" He told reporters.
Firefighters set up tents in Mogangling Village.
Photo by Zhang Lang
Around 16:00, after a rest, the firefighters returned the same way.
The mountain road is too steep. To protect the knees, some firefighters cut bamboo to make walking sticks.
At this time, the huge collapsed mountain in the distance was shocking. When the stone rolled down, there was a rumbling sound, followed by a cloud of smoke.
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