Chengde city and county levels continue to make every effort to search for the missing persons. (Image source/released by Chengde County)
Cctv news(Reporter Xu Hui): On July 12-13, there was a torrential rain in the upper reaches of the Baihe River in Chengde County, and a flood occurred once every 10 years. During the rescue, the vehicles of two cadres in Xinzhangzi Town unfortunately fell into the river. One of them died in the line of duty, and the other has lost contact so far. Up to now, the search and rescue work is still in full swing.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department of Chengde Municipal Committee, Xing Zhongshan, secretary of the Party Committee of Xinzhangzi Town, Chengde County, was unfortunately killed on duty, and another drowning person was Ji Fengxue, deputy mayor of Xinzhangzi Town. At about 3: 24 on July 13th, four people, including Xing Zhongshan, Party Secretary of Xinzhangzi Town, Ji Fengxue, Vice Mayor, Jin Yanguo, Secretary of Xinzhangzi Village, and the driver, evacuated the crowd in Dadongying Village, and on the way to Nantai Village to check the danger, Lu Yu collapsed and the vehicle overturned into the river. The other two people in the car escaped.
According to the news of Chengde County’s official WeChat WeChat official account, on the morning of July 15th, the 11th plenary session of the 13th Committee of Chengde County, the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in the Party School of the county party committee. The plenary session heard a briefing on the rescue and relief of the "July 13th" flood, and all the participants bowed their heads and stood still, expressing their condolences to the comrades who died heroically in the flood fighting and rescue.
On the 16th, "Chengde County Release" said that at present, more than 1,000 search and rescue personnel are dispatched every day at the city and county levels, including more than 500 professional search and rescue personnel, and professional equipment such as drones and kayaks are used to carry out all-round and carpet search in the air and on the ground. 26 drones have been used and more than 240 sorties have been taken off; 3 professional rescue vehicles and 4 dredging vehicles; More than 100 kilometers have been searched along the river, and 6 silted bridges have been cleared. Due to the large scope of search and rescue work and many unsafe factors, another lost person has not been searched.