Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, November 28. The People's Government of Altay City, Xinjiang, issued a notice late on the 28th that the extreme cold weather caused the death of 7 workers at a construction site in the city.
According to the report, since November 20, the local area has suffered the strongest regional cold wave weather in the past 10 years, and there have been extreme weather processes such as strong winds, blizzards, and cooling.
At around 23:00 on November 26, Altay City received an alarm that 8 staff members from the K58 Station of the General Contracting Department of the First Contract Section of the Abu Highway on the G217 Line were lost due to extreme disaster weather and requested rescue.
After receiving the police, the local rescue force was quickly organized to carry out search and rescue work with all its strength. At about 11:10 on November 27, 8 people who lost their lives were found and sent to the hospital for treatment immediately. Among them, 1 person's vital signs were stable, and 7 people were unfortunate. killed.
According to the Altay Municipal People's Government, due to the suspension of construction and the workers preparing to return home, the project construction unit arranged to transfer 14 workers inside the station to Alahake Town.
At 19:00 on November 26, 14 people from the station took two vehicles to the town of Alahak, which is about 4 kilometers away from the K58 station.
After the vehicle set off, due to the extreme weather, the section between the station and the G217 national road was stuck. The vehicle in front arrived at Alahake Town at about 21:30 after self-rescue.
The group of 8 people in the rear car set off at about 19:10, encountered a car trap about 500 meters away from the station, and failed to get out of trouble for a long time.
After discussing with the team leader on the phone, the people on board decided to abandon the car and return to the station on foot with their luggage.
According to the person in charge of the station, at about 20:30, the weather in this area changed abnormally, the wind gradually increased, the temperature dropped sharply, and the visibility of vehicle lights was less than 3 meters. Blizzards and extreme cold waves superimposed on each other caused workers to get lost when returning to the station on foot.
According to the report, after the incident, the local party committee and government immediately communicated with the comrades in charge of the project unit, set up a leading group for aftermath work, and made every effort to do a good job in personnel rescue, family comfort, and incident investigation.