According to information from Xinhua, the landslide buried about 10 houses, causing more than 30 missing and many others were trapped in the rubble.
The image spread on social media shows the scene of a collapsed mountainside with smoke and dust rising after the landslide. Emergency rescue forces quickly arrived at the scene, using manual tools such as hoes and shovels to dig and search for those buried under heavy rocks and soil.
Immediately after the disaster occurred, the local authorities set up an emergency rescue command center and mobilized rescue forces to the scene. Sichuan province has also raised the highest level of geological disaster response to cope with the endangered situation.
By the afternoon of the same day, the rescue force found and rescued two people, while the search for missing people was still being implemented urgently, despite rugged terrain conditions and the risk of continuing. landslides.
Faced with this serious situation, Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping issued urgent instructions, requiring functional forces to focus all resources to search for and rescue the missing people, and at the same time make maximum efforts to minimize casualties.
In addition, Prime Minister Ly Cuong also directed the authorities to urgently investigate the cause of the landslide, and at the same time inspect areas at risk of surrounding geological disaster. He requires rescue forces to quickly evacuate people in high -risk areas, ensure the safety of life and property of the people, and take preventive measures to avoid more occurring. New disaster.
Currently, the rescue work is still happening with the participation of many forces, from the army, police to professional rescue teams. In the context of complicated weather and terrain, efforts to find victims face many challenges, but the functional forces are still determined to race with time to save the lives as many people as possible.
