Accordingly, the landslide buried and completely collapsed a house of Vang Seo Khoa's household in Hau Dao village, Ban Pho commune, Bac Ha district at 9:00 a.m. this morning (September 9), leaving 5 people missing and 1 injured person who had to be taken to the emergency room.
Immediately after the landslide, the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Bac Ha district arrived at the scene in coordination with Ban Pho commune, mobilizing over 140 people to search for the missing victims. By noon of the same day, all 5 bodies had been found.
The identities of the deceased victims: Vang Thi B (born in 2006), Thao Thi Th (born in 2001), Giang Thi T (born in 1999), Sung Seo C (born in 2009) and Sung Thi G (born in 2024) are all H'Mong ethnic group.
One injured person was Vang Thi D (born 2006).
Also in Lao Cai, on the same morning, two landslides occurred in succession, one of which involved a large amount of rock and soil flooding into four households in Phin Chai village (A Lu commune, Bat Xat), leaving seven people missing.
The second incident in Hoa Binh village, San Chai commune (Si Ma Cai) had a serious landslide that caused 3 houses to collapse completely, 2 households escaped in time.
However, one household could not escape in time, causing 4 family members (including father, mother, older sister and younger sister) to be buried and die.
