A debris flow that killed three parents and children in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture, led to a rescue operation in a house where earth and sand had flowed in. However, it was too heavy for me to pull up because of the mud, "he said of the situation at that time.
On the 15th, Kenji Nagai, the leader of the 6th branch of the Okaya City Fire Brigade, first entered the house at the site of the debris flow and rescued the three people involved.
According to Mr. Nagai, he climbed the roof of the garage adjacent to the house with a ladder and entered through the broken window on the second floor.
The room was filled with mud as high as the base of an adult's foot, and it was a difficult situation just to take a step forward.
I couldn't see the people involved, and it was said that about 6 people bent over and searched for 3 people while squeezing through the mud by hand.
Mr. Nagai said, "I couldn't scrape out the mud, and when I reached out and searched for about 10 minutes, I was able to find my head and hands. However, the futon was entangled and the mud was heavy. It was difficult to pull it up, and it took about 10 minutes even if the members cooperated. After the rescue, the member who was waiting on the roof of the garage gave a heart massage. I was able to do it, but it's a pity that I couldn't help alive, and it's unthinkable for a parent with a child of the same age. Sometimes a call is made to evacuate to the second floor as a "vertical evacuation". However, this time the 2nd floor was damaged, so it is not absolutely safe because it is the 2nd floor. I was driving around the city the day before and calling for evacuation, so if that leads to evacuation I'm disappointed when I think about it. "