Military of China, force comment.
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participate Zhouqu rescue armed police troops are urgently transit transport injured people. (Xin Jie Si photo)

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8 月 8 morning, Gansu Zhouqu County, large debris flows. Armed traffic II Corps Party Committee held a meeting immediately, the command in Gansu, Shaanxi and emergency rescue work hard to join the rescue work.

6 30 pm, county 34 kilometers away from the six Zhouqu detachment of 26 officers and men of the project department Zhouqu driving loaders, excavators and other large equipment to the scene seven rescue, this is the first arriving in the area of ??professional search and rescue work carried out rescue and relief teams. Officers and men to maneuver around town, we found that most of the county buried debris, rescue squad into the road immediately rescue the injured group and the group of dredging, the former responsible for the open road out of town, the latter quickly rushed to the worst affected Zhouqu County search and rescue of personnel work around.

not for a long time, the Corps from Tianshui, Dingxi, Longnan and other mobilization of 45 soldiers and excavators, loaders a total of 24 sets of large-scale rescue machinery and equipment, at six detachment led by deputy chief of detachment where as too quickly to the disaster area the next maneuver into a tense rescue work.

in the debris after the area, hundreds of Articles of the landslides caused Bailongjiang lake, the lake overflowed river banks and flooded the city and out of Zhouqu only two main roads, the deepest Man 2 floors over the street, machinery and personnel can not. Officers and men had to walk carrying shovels, pickaxe and other rescue tools, running nearly 300 kilometers of mountain pass. Debris flow disaster is very serious, part of the street with the street floor are covered by flood debris, search and rescue work and heavy machinery to rush through the construction difficult. Officers and men, hand-dug shoulder, braving the danger of being swallowed by mudslides, debris submerged drill into the house by search and rescue survivors.

incident, first at the scene rescue Chengwu Sheng, is a large group of armed police detachment of six transportation captain. He said the troops arrived, most of the town was buried debris flow, roadway is difficult to determine the specific location, coupled with climate, geological changes, the danger may come at any time, the rescue work difficult.

8, in the county in the vicinity of a residential, three people are trapped in the gap to pass through the skylight with the desire for life. Cheng Wusheng quickly led 10 officers and men rushed to the scene, carrying shovels, a little bit to remove the debris, hoping though slim, but rescuers the confidence of a firm.

rain, lake, and other unfavorable factors, so that rescue work more difficult, the location of construction debris still may continue to erupt at any time. Dangerous disregard the officers and men, many officers and men of sharp debris cut by hand, hand grind Xuepao has been masticate, discrepancies in the actual pain. But the officers and men still fighting in the rescue line ecstasy, one per cent want to make one hundred percent effort!

after 8 hours of stubborn fighting, rescue officers and men finally dug out a 2 meters wide, nearly 3 meters deep, 20 meters long life channel, three people will be trapped successfully saved out. As of 8, 21 o’clock, armed police corps transportation two people were rescued and 38 people were buried, the transfer of more than 200 people trapped.

(August 8 Zhouqu newspaper Xinhua)