The reporter learned from the National Defense General Working Group that as of 20:00 on the 19th, the mountain torrent disaster in Datong County, Qinghai has killed 19 people, and 12 people are still missing, and the rescue work is still underway.
The National Defense General Working Group continued to guide rescue and emergency response work at the disaster site.
After the disaster, the Emergency Management Department quickly dispatched the Qinghai Provincial Fire Rescue Corps to send 604 fire rescue personnel, 107 fire trucks, and 8 search and rescue dogs to the scene; coordinated the Gansu Provincial Fire Rescue Corps to dispatch an additional 10 fire rescue personnel and 2 fire trucks. Cars, 6 search and rescue dogs, etc., to participate in personnel search and rescue and disaster relief work; together with the Ministry of Finance, they urgently issued central natural disaster relief funds, of which 50 million yuan was used to support the emergency rescue work of mountain torrent disasters in Datong County, Qinghai.
(Headquarters CCTV reporter Tang Guorong)