14 people died in "Senjuen" The situation at the time was Kumamoto Kumamura

14 people died in "Senjuen" The situation at the time was Kumamoto Kumamura July 7, 19:02

A fire department officer, who led a rescue operation at "Senjuen", a nursing home for the elderly in Kuma-mura, Kumamoto prefecture, where 14 residents had died, told the NHK interview about the situation for the first time.

Due to the record heavy rain this time, water overflowed from the river into Senjuen, a nursing home for the elderly in Kuma, and 14 of the approximately 70 residents died.

At that time, Kunihiro Michiki, the fire commander of the Kumamoto City Fire Department, who was in charge of the local fire department and was in charge of the rescue, responded to the NHK interview.

Mr. Miki said, "As of the morning of the 4th, Hitoyoshi city had been flooded to a height of about 1.7 meters. I was not prepared to escape due to an unexpected heavy rain." It was.

In addition, regarding the rescue activities at "Senjuen", "I heard from the personnel who went to the scene that "the first floor was completely submerged and water was coming to the second floor." 59 people evacuated to the second floor and the rooftop. However, it was dangerous to transport the boat by boat as the sun was dark and the lighting was insufficient, and when the members entered the facility, there were about 40 wheelchairs and a large helicopter. We had to carry it and we struggled with rescue activities."

In addition, Yuji Fujimoto of the Kumamoto City Fire Department East Fire Department, who was involved in rescue work at the collapsed site of a house in the Fukuhama area of ​​Tsunaki Town, responded to the interview, ``No one could imagine what kind of damage this rain would cause. It was a fact that we had to spend a considerable amount of time removing debris and fallen trees at the site of Tsunagi-cho, and it continued to rain and rescue operations were difficult."