Xinhua News Agency Chengdu, September 6 (Guo Fengkuan, Lu Dongfang) After the Luding earthquake in Sichuan, the officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force quickly arrived in the disaster area and made every effort to fight the earthquake and rescue the disaster. As of 17:00 on the 6th, more than 2,700 people have been dispatched, a total of 3,951 people have been evacuated, more than 270 injured, 1,300 medical inspections, more than 2,990 meters of passageways, nearly 1,000 tents have been built, and 293 tons of materials have been transported.
On September 6, a unit of the Western Theater Command Air Force dispatched helicopters to evacuate the masses in Luding County. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Hu Jianjun)
htmlOn September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The Western Theater Command Center immediately launched the emergency plan and launched disaster response. The front command team of the Western Theater Command arrived at the epicenter of Moxi Town overnight, and implemented unified command of the People's Liberation Army, Armed Police Force and Militia participating in the rescue. In view of the fact that some roads were interrupted and the search and rescue forces were not yet in place, they promptly commanded the drone to fly to the disaster area to investigate the disaster situation. At the same time, helicopters were arranged to fly to the front line to carry out tasks such as transfer of wounded and airdrops of materials to ensure that critically injured people are transferred and treated in a timely manner, and the affected people in remote rural areas can receive scarce daily necessities.:00 on September 6, officers and soldiers of the Ganzi Detachment of the Sichuan Corps of the Armed Police set up ropes in the rapid-flowing river valley of Yanzigou, opened up contact with the villages on the other side, and coordinated to transport wounded people and transport supplies, etc. In the absence of a suitable aircraft landing point, two helicopters of a land aviation brigade of the 77th Army of the Western Theater Command Army used air hovering, hanging basket lifesaving, single-wheel hovering and other methods to transport 27 seriously injured people from Honghuagang Village, Gonghe Village and Wandong Village. After the
earthquake, the Ya'an Military Sub-district of Sichuan quickly sent more than 500 officers, soldiers and militias to overcome difficulties such as constant aftershocks and blocked roads, and tried every means to reach the affected areas to launch rescue operations. Rescue personnel from a certain department of the Tibet Military Region brought their own cooking vans, transport vehicles, etc. to Moxi Town, the epicenter, successively transported more than 13 tons of main and non-staple food and 70 boxes of drinking water to Moxi Town, and opened a temporary hot food supply station to provide hot food guarantees for rescue personnel and the affected people. The Air Control System of the Western Theater Command Air Force has set up a temporary flight control zone in Luding to open a "air green channel". The General Hospital of the Western Theater Command, the 945th Hospital, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other units belonging to Xining Joint Logistics Support Center will make every effort to treat the wounded and sick who were transferred from the earthquake-stricken areas.
On September 6, the People's Armed Forces Department of Luding County, Sichuan organized militias to carry out cleaning operations in Mozigou Village, Moxi Town. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Ran Peizong)
On September 6, a rescue team from a large station of the Sichuan-Tibet Military Station Department of the Tibet Military Region arrived in Moxi Town, Luding County to open a temporary hot food supply station to provide support for rescue personnel and the affected people. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Ren Yun)
On September 6, rescue officers and soldiers of the Ganzi Detachment of the Sichuan Corps of the Armed Police went to the other side of the river through ropes in Moxi Town, Luding County to rescue the trapped people. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Wenxuan)
On September 6, the General Hospital of the Western Theater Command admitted the wounded who were transferred from Luding County. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Wei Shiming)
On September 6, the medical team of the Sichuan Corps of the Armed Police treated the wounded in Moxi Town, Luding County. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Li Huashi)
On September 6, officers and soldiers of the Ya'an Detachment of the Sichuan Corps of the Armed Police evacuated injured people in Wanggangping Township, Shimian County, Ya'an City. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Li Yi)
htmlOn September 6, rescue officers and soldiers of the Ganzi Detachment of the Sichuan Corps of the Armed Police built a bridge to Mozigou Village in the Yanzigou Valley, Moxi Town, Luding County, with multiple rescue forces. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Ye Xiaolong) htmlOn September 6, a land aviation brigade of the 77th Army of the Army dispatched a helicopter to transfer injured people in Luding County. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhao Yunqiao)
