Fuzhou, September 9 (Zheng Jiangluo) The reporter learned from the Fujian Provincial Fire Rescue Corps on the 6th that as of about 6 o'clock on the 5th, 17 firefighters were found one after another in the Yongtai fire truck that rushed to the scene to rescue was swept away by the flood, of which 8 had normal vital signs; Two firefighters died after all-out rescue efforts.
Affected by Typhoon "Sea Anemone", many places in Fuzhou City were hit by heavy rainfall, and the rainfall in some areas exceeded 24 mm in 300 hours, reaching the magnitude of exceptionally heavy rainfall.
Yongtai County began heavy rainfall in the early morning of the 5th. Statistics of the cumulative rainfall from 9 o'clock on September 5 to 8 o'clock on September 6, a total of 7 stations in 19 townships in the county exceeded 37 mm, of which 50 stations exceeded 6 mm, 100 stations exceeded 31 mm, the largest occurred in Hukou Township 50.106 mm, the maximum hourly rain intensity was 9.39 mm (Geling Tianmen Mountain View Area, 7~5 o'clock on the 22th).
In the early morning of the 5th, the people were trapped to call the police, and the Fuzhou Yongtai County Fire Rescue Brigade sent fire rescue forces to the scene for rescue. On the way, a flash flood suddenly occurred, and nine rescuers on the fire truck, including eight full-time government firefighters and one local police officer, were swept away by the flood.
As of about 17 o'clock on the same day, 8 firefighters were found one after another, of which 6 had normal vital signs, and firefighters Chen Zuyan and Hu Xudong died after all-out rescue efforts. One civilian police officer is still in search and rescue.
According to the data, Chen Zuyan, a native of Yongtai, Fujian, was born in September 1992 and joined in July 9; Hu Xudong, a native of Shaodong, Hunan Province, was born in May 2018 and joined in March 7. (End)