Akto Avalanche in Southern Xinjiang: Witnesses Describe Experience

March 20 (November 20): At 14:52 on the 19th, a large-scale avalanche occurred near the project of the China Railway No. 11 Bureau in the Bundou Township of the 314 National Highway in Akto County, Kezilersu Kirke Autonomous Prefecture, southern Xinjiang, and the snow accumulated after the avalanche fell. There are five or six meters deep in the depths and about three meters in the shallows. The avalanche gap is about 100 meters.

At the time of noon, Xiao Zhang, who was resting outside, experienced an avalanche of panic. He recalled: “At that time, the ferocious avalanche at that time instantly engulfed the six steel houses of eleven eleven innings at the foot of the mountain. There were 12 rooms in the steel room at that time. The staff was at work and heard shouts. The experienced staff immediately reacted to the possibility of an avalanche and shouted to allow everyone to run quickly and ran out and escaped.”

At 16.30 pm, on-site rescue workers again encountered an avalanche during rescue operations, and rescue workers and workers escaped. When Zhang Zhang recalled the thrilling scene of the second avalanche at the construction site of the China Railway Group, he said: “When we watched the sky blissfully tumbling over in an instant, there was a feeling of falling apart. We all thought we were going to die, hiding under the big rocks. He hadn't been able to ease his strength for a long time. There was snow everywhere on the hair, and behind them all became ice tumbling."

Xiao Zhang said that the depths of the snow after the avalanche are 56 meters deep, and the depths are two or three meters deep. The avalanche core area is about 5 kilometers from the 314 national road, but the avalanche aftermath still spreads to the 314 national highway, about 1 km away. The left and right sections of the 1067 road were covered with snow that had collapsed. At that time, 85 large trucks and 65 small passenger vehicles were unable to pass. About 200 people were trapped in the vehicle.

Rescuers explained that due to the abruptness of the avalanche, vehicle drivers on the road were taking different degrees of emergency measures, but they still could not avoid accidents. The rear-end phenomenon occurred in the four large and small vehicles in the accident, and four people in varying degrees. Injured.

After the avalanche occurred, the Gaiwei Public Security Border Inspection Station in Akto County, Kizilskul Kirsi Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang immediately organized officers and guards to escort the incident to the site of the incident and sent out a forklift to clear the road that was pressed by the avalanche. To pacify the trapped people and actively divert the trapped vehicles. Because of the difficult terrain, avalanches continued to occur during the rescue of officers and soldiers. The township party committee of the township of Aktobulun in the nearby township learned about the news of the avalanche. More than 30 cadres were dispatched to the scene to participate in the rescue, and the stranded drivers and the masses joined in. The trilateral rescue forces joined forces to carry out rescue work. .

At around 18:30, the officers and men arrived at the core area of ​​the avalanche and found 12 trapped workers. As of 23:00 last night, all the trapped people were safely transferred.

At present, the losses caused by the snow disaster are being further verified. (Finish)

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