During the torrential rain in the whole province, 1,504 trapped people were rescued by fire fighters in Guangdong in the past three days.

Jinyang. com reporter Fu Yi

Affected by Typhoon Ai Yunni on the 4th this year, heavy rain fell all over Guangdong Province. On the afternoon of the 8th, the reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Fire Corps that as of 7: 00 on the 8th, six red rainstorm warning signals were hoisted in Guangdong, including Foshan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Zhaoqing, Yunfu and Yangjiang. From 0: 00 on June 6th to 11: 00 on the 8th, the province’s fire forces received 172 flood fighting and rescue reports, and dispatched 845 fire engines, 19 assault boats (boats) and 1,218 firefighters, evacuating and rescuing 1,504 trapped people, with no casualties.

Yunfu: The chicken farm exit was flooded by the river, and 38 people were trapped.

On the evening of the 7th, due to continuous rainfall, the river surged, and the only small bridge communicating with the outside world in a chicken farm in Liuzu Town, Xinxing County, Yunfu City was flooded by the river, causing 38 people to be trapped in the chicken farm.

Yunfu Xinxing Fire Department received an order from the police at 19: 50, and immediately dispatched 2 fire engines and 13 officers and men to the scene at 20: 12, and quickly launched rescue and disposal. At that time, the river was nearly 50 meters wide and the water was rushing. Seven fire officers and soldiers ventured into the trapped chicken farm in two batches. In the face of the rising river, fire officers and soldiers finally decided to rescue each other one by one. At one o’clock in the morning of June 8, after more than four hours of efforts by emerging fire officers and soldiers, all the trapped people were safely rescued.

Shaoguan: The bus flooded, trapping 23 students.

At 7: 45 on the 8th,  Ruyuan Fire Department received an order from the Fire Department 119 Command Center that a bus in Ruyuan County was turned off due to too deep water on the road, and 23 students (no college entrance examination candidates) were trapped.

After receiving the alarm, Ruyuan Fire immediately dispatched a fire truck and seven combatants to the scene for disposal. Arriving at the scene at 7: 48, the fire commander, after understanding the surrounding situation, asked the fire driver to drive the multifunctional city main battle fire truck to a suitable position, and then towed the bus to a safe area, successfully rescuing all the trapped passengers.

Zhaoqing: The road leading to the test center was flooded, and the fire truck rubber boat came to take the test.

At 6: 50 on the 8th, the fire department of Zhaoqing City received an alarm that the road leading to the examination room of No.2 Middle School in Gaoyao District was flooded, which affected more than 200 invigilators and candidates to enter the examination room. Gao Yao responded quickly to the fire, immediately launched emergency rescue measures, dispatched more than 40 fire officers and soldiers, and mobilized 5 fire engines and 3 rubber boats to rescue. Fire officers and soldiers picked up the trapped teachers and students along the street leading to the test sites and quickly sent them to the examination room. None of the candidates missed the test, and the college entrance examination papers were safely sent to the examination room.

Zhuhai: The construction site became an island and more than 200 workers were trapped.

At 7: 32 on the 8th, the fire department of Zhuhai received an alarm from the masses: more than 200 people were trapped at the Nanwan Garden site of Coral Sea in Sanzao Age, Jinwan District. Sanzao Firefighters quickly dispatched 3 fire engines and 15 commanders to the scene for disposal. After arriving at the site, I saw a piece of Wang Yang at the site, and the flood depth was waist-deep, completely isolating the construction site from the residential area, forming an isolated island. After on-site investigation, the fire commander quickly set up two search and rescue teams to transport the trapped people to the safe area in batches. After more than five hours of rescue, 21 batches of more than 200 trapped people were successfully transported to a safe area, and no one was injured.

As of press time, fire officers and soldiers all over the province are still struggling in the front line of rescue.