Sanming, Fujian, landslides swept powerhouse | 33 people have been rescued, Fujian, landslides _ news

CNS, Sanming, August 20 (reporters Chen Danni and Jiang Chao and Yi Bixuan)-upper trough and the combined effects of the tropical depression, widespread heavy rains in Fujian province. Severely affected by the storm in sanming city of Fujian, continuous heavy rain led to landslides, River, resulting in many thousands of people were trapped.

Sanming fire 20th to notify, 19th 19:7, Taoyuan town in field of sanming Weng village landslide due to continuous heavy rainfall, a manufacturer of plastic products factory by mudslides knocked down. Time, 33 factory workers and their families were trapped in houses near the village of Weng in little under a viaduct. Local fire department after receiving the alarm, quickly dispatched 2 fire engines and 16 firemen rushed to the scene and rescue.

Firefighters arrived at the scene and found that due to flash floods, River has flooded roads to the outside world. Rainfall continues, rising water, was in a critical condition. Unable to enter the village and rescue from somewhere else, firefighters could only hazard from near the high speed under the viaduct to the top using a rope to rescue about more than 120 square meters.

Raining harder and harder, there's not a moment of time delay. Because the mountain is very steep, rain with mud down the stream, went to the rescue of firefighters brought a lot of lighting the road ahead is still dark. 25 minutes later, firefighters successfully joins the trapped people to reach the bottom, suddenly the cry of the baby the rain cries pandemonium, one of the trapped emotion that took firefighters ' hands: "we have small children or elderly women, 33, also have to rain heavily don't go to hasty. "Firefighters ' side to appease stranded people, organized in order according to the original back, after you determine that no other people had been trapped, 2 soldiers in the forefront leading the way, more young children for the fire officers and soldiers walk away at the front, elderly women walked in the Middle, rest, fire officers and young adults get in for one-to-one protection in them. Such a team of 40 people along the rope, climb step by step. Eventually, after more than an hour of intense relief, 33 people were successfully transferred to safer areas.

It is understood that the night storms encountered dangerous situations in multiple counties in sanming city, sanming city fire-fighting forces involved in a rainy night rescue more than 20 times, rescued 66 people in the crowd, police 321 times, saving millions of Yuan in economic losses. (End)

(Original title: plant by mudslides knocked down by a landslide in sanming city of Fujian province rescued 33 people on fire)

17:55 on August 20, 2014
China News Network