Is it true that a mountain collapse in Hubei killed 12 people?

Overview of the incident:

At 7 pm on January 20, a landslide occurred at the Mirage Hotel located west of Nanzhang County. As of now, the list of trapped persons has been initially determined, ** *15 people are trapped. The oldest is 61 years old and the youngest is 17 years old. So far, 2 people have been killed, 3 people have been rescued, and 10 people are still trapped. At 16:00 on the 21st, after continuous searches, experts and search and rescue personnel confirmed that there were no signs of life at the scene and all the trapped people were killed.

1. Basic situation of the hotel where the incident occurred

The Mirage Hotel where the landslide occurred is located in Jianzigou, Group 3, Bianhe Village, Chengguan Town, west of Nanzhang County. It is a three-story building. The construction area is about 1300 square meters. The first floor is for dining, and the second and third floors are for accommodation.

2. The incident process

At 7:24 pm on January 20, the 110 command center of the Nanzhang County Public Security Bureau received a call from Yuan Hai (the first person to be rescued). The police call stated that the mountain behind the hotel where he dined at night collapsed, and the five people attending the meal were trapped and requested rescue.

3. Rescue process

The county 110 command center quickly mobilized personnel from the Chengguan Town Police Station and the county fire brigade to go to the rescue and reported to the bureau leader in charge, the county party committee, and the county government.

The public security and fire rescue personnel who arrived at the scene of the incident immediately reported to the municipal fire brigade and requested rescue support based on the scene conditions.

After receiving the report of the mountain collapse, the county party committee and the county government quickly reported it to the authorities, mobilized relevant departments to rush to the rescue front line, and established an emergency rescue headquarters with an on-site rescue team and a medical rescue team. , logistics support team, stability maintenance and aftermath handling team, public opinion guidance team, etc., launched a comprehensive rescue.

After receiving the report, Jiang Chaoliang, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Wang Xiaodong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, Huang Chuping, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, and Ren Zhenhe, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Xiangyang Municipal Party Committee, quickly issued instructions, requiring immediate Make every effort to organize rescue operations, strictly prevent secondary disasters, and rescue buried people at all costs. At the same time, an investigation into the cause of the collapse was immediately launched.

At 0:35 on January 21, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Qin Jun rushed to the disaster site from the provincial "Two Sessions" venue, and met with Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Wang Mingde and other Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government leaders who arrived earlier The relevant persons in charge of the Nanzhang County Party Committee and County Government led the persons in charge of the city and county safety supervision, public security, land and resources, fire protection, health planning, civil affairs, urban construction, housing management and other departments to direct the rescue on site.

At 4 a.m. on January 21, Vice Governor Tong Daochi led the heads of the Provincial Department of Land and Resources and other departments and relevant experts to the site of the landslide. While directing the on-site rescue, he talked with the trapped people and encouraged them. The trapped people strengthened their confidence.

At 6 a.m. on January 21, Ren Zhenhe, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, rushed to Nanzhang from the provincial "Two Sessions" venue. Together with Vice Governor Tong Daochi, he urgently summoned city and county leaders and officials who participated in the rescue at the scene. The heads of relevant departments will listen to the situation report and make arrangements for the rescue work. They emphasized that, first, they should put lives first, search and rescue the trapped people at all costs, and carry out search and rescue without giving up the slightest hope. Second, time is of the essence. Seize the golden rescue period, carry out scientific rescue and all-out rescue, and organize the best medical forces to treat the injured with all-out efforts. The third is to strengthen the monitoring of dangerous rocks on site to prevent secondary disasters and ensure safe rescue. The fourth is to quickly organize relevant experts to investigate the causes of mountain collapse. Fifth, we must release relevant information in a timely manner and respond to social concerns. Sixth, by drawing inferences from one case, the municipal government held an emergency video and telephone conference to conduct a large-scale investigation of dangerous rock masses, geological disaster spots and other safety hazards within its jurisdiction to prevent similar phenomena from occurring and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

After the mountain collapse, the Eighth Geological Brigade of the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and the Hubei Provincial Geological Environment Station sent experts to the scene urgently to provide technical support and professional advice for the rescue. After on-site investigation, it was found that the collapse body was 30 meters long, 3 meters high, and approximately 3,000 cubic meters.

According to preliminary understanding, there were about 14 people in the hotel when the mountain collapsed.

More than 120 public security, armed police, fire and other rescue personnel were deployed at the scene, and life detectors and search and rescue dogs were also used. By 9:30 pm on January 20, rescuers found trapped persons Yuan Hai, Sun Yujun, and Zhao Xiuzhen. After two hours and 20 minutes of rescue, Yuan Hai was successfully rescued.

At about 2:55 a.m. on January 21, the second trapped person, Sun Yujun, was brought out. At 4:23 a.m. on January 21, the third trapped person was rescued. The vital signs of these three people are currently normal. At 7:43 on January 21, the fourth trapped person was rescued and immediately sent to the hospital for treatment. However, due to his excessive injuries, the rescue was ineffective and he unfortunately died.

IV. Preliminary analysis of the cause of the collapse

According to the on-site investigation by four experts from the 8th Geological Brigade of the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and the Hubei Provincial Geological Environment Station, it is believed that this was an unexpected event. There is a sudden mountain collapse, and there are hundreds of cubic meters of dangerous rock mass at the site, which may cause secondary disasters. Therefore, experts remind that while conducting rescue operations, attention should be paid to preventing secondary disasters.

Experts said that due to the limitations of objective conditions at night, only a preliminary analysis of the mountain collapse can be carried out. Further investigation and analysis are needed to find out the cause of the mountain collapse.

5. The next step of the rescue work

In the next step, we will go all out to do the rescue work according to the rescue plan and "put saving people first." We will also report the progress to our superiors in a timely manner and release it to the public. ?