The earthquake in Luding, Sichuan has killed 21 people, and the rescue channel has been cleared; the building of a residential area in Chengdu was deformed due to the earthquake? official response

At 12:52 today (5th), an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers. So far, the Luding earthquake has killed 21 people, injured more than 30, and damaged some infrastructure such as water, electricity, transportation, and communications.


The reporter learned from the Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade that in Gonggabu Township, Moxi Town, Luding, some houses collapsed and some people were injured and trapped. 30 rescuers from the Ganzi Prefecture Forest Fire Brigade rescued and transferred people at the scene.


Due to the rapid river water, the original bridge was washed away. Forest firefighters built a wooden bridge, transported the injured to a safe area, and sent them to the hospital for treatment. At present, 10 wounded have been transferred safely.



Ganzi Special Police Assault Rescue Team was patrolling the streets of Hailuogou when they received help from the public saying that a man in his 40s was crushed under the collapsed house, and they rushed to the scene immediately to rescue. After arriving at the scene, facing the narrow passage and the inaccessibility of rescue equipment such as excavators, the special police raid rescue team digged the soil with bare hands, successfully rescued it, and sent it to the state hospital for rescue.

Up to now, the special police raid rescue team has rescued more than 30 trapped people.

In terms of traffic, domestic National Highway 108 and Provincial Highway 217 were interrupted; roads in Wanggangping Town, Caoke Township, and Xinmin Township, Shimian County were interrupted; in terms of communication, some trunk lines and local networks were damaged, and 79 base stations were interrupted and retired; Some lines tripped, and substation was out of service.


Ya'an launched the earthquake disaster secondary emergency response


After the earthquake, Ya'an City quickly launched the secondary emergency response to the earthquake disaster, dispatched emergency rescue, armed police, fire, medical, public security and other rescue forces more than 2,100 people rushed to the earthquake The disaster-stricken areas have carried out work such as personnel search and rescue, treatment of the wounded, road access, and mass transfer and resettlement, and the rest of the rescue teams have been assembled on standby. More than 120 fire rescue teams in 29 vehicles and 120 people from Meishan City and Liangshan Prefecture rushed to the rescue.



At present, the injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment. Ya'an City is going all out to search and rescue trapped people, rescue injured people, transfer people to avoid danger, and minimize casualties.


The rescue channel to the epicenter has been cleared


The reporter learned from the Traffic Police Detachment of Sichuan Ganzi Prefecture Public Security Bureau that the rescue channel to the epicenter has been cleared.


Earthquake affected 40,000 users' electricity consumption

Electrical facilities are in the process of emergency rescue


As of 16:00 on the 5th, the earthquake has caused a total of 1 500 kV line in Sichuan Power Grid to trip (has been successfully overlapped), and 3 main transformers in the 500 kV asbestos substation Damaged, 3 220 kV lines tripped (all are power plant grid-connected lines, 1 has been reclosed successfully), 5 110 kV lines have tripped (1 has been reclosed successfully), 5 110 kV substations are out of service, 4 A 35kV substation was out of service, 2 35kV lines tripped, and 46 10kV lines tripped, affecting about 40,000 users of electricity.


At present, the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company has launched the second-level emergency response to the earthquake, and immediately assembled State Grid Ganzi, Ya'an, Leshan , Meishan Power Supply Company, State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Emergency Center, UHV Company, Transmission and Transformer More than 1,000 people and more than 200 vehicles including Electric Company participated in the power emergency rescue work.


Sichuan urgently deploys the first batch of 32,000Pieces of

disaster relief materials to support earthquake-stricken areas


Sichuan Provincial Disaster Reduction Committee launched the second-level emergency response to natural disasters in Sichuan Province. After the earthquake, the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department and the Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau urgently deployed 4,400 central and provincial disaster relief tents, 14,000 quilts, and 14,000 folding beds, totaling more than 32,000 pieces for the first batch of disaster relief. Material emergency support to disaster areas. In the follow-up, the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department will allocate and supplement relief materials in a timely manner according to the disaster situation.



It is reported that in the early stage of Sichuan Province, 51,000 pieces of disaster relief materials (including 2,000 tents, 30,000 quilts, 10,000 folding beds, etc.) have been sent to Ganzi Prefecture in the early stage, and more than 25,000 pieces of disaster relief materials have been sent to Ya'an City. (Including 1,000 tents, 7,000 quilts, 8,580 folding beds, 5,000 cotton coats, 3,788 sets of cotton underwear and other disaster relief materials).








It is reported that the building of a community was deformed due to the influence of the Luding earthquake?

Preliminary investigation shows no structural safety hazards


According to the network, some buildings in the Intercontinental Yinhaiwan Community in Wenjiang District, Chengdu, tilted due to the earthquake.


At 15:20, the Wenjiang District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau issued an announcement saying that, regarding the reflection of the deformation of the 17 buildings in Wenjiang Intercontinental Yinhaiwan, after a preliminary on-site investigation by professionals, The roof deformation joints of this building are intact and there is no structural safety hazard. At present, the housing structure experts are being invited for further appraisal.



Sichuan earthquake man jumping from high-rise building to escape?

Official: It is an old picture from 2013


Today, there is a picture of "man parachuting to escape", which is widely spread on social media. There are even screenshots that conclusively said, "The circle of friends has confirmed that the person who jumped down the stairs is the Shuangliu Dongli International Community". checked, this is an old picture. has been circulating since 2013. At that time, some netizens pointed out that was "a advertisement of a paraglider in Chongqing". Therefore, has nothing to do with the earthquake in Ganzi, Sichuan. "Chengdu men escape by parachuting" is pure nonsense.




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Editor: Li Zheng