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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
BEIJING: At least two people were killed in landslides that trapped up to 19 in southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Thursday, state media reported, with rescuers struggling to reach them in mountainous terrain.
“Two people who had been trapped by a landslide in Changshi Township, Dafang County, Guizhou Province, were found dead,“ said state broadcaster CCTV.
Two landslides occurred in separate parts of Dafang county, the first at around 3:00 am (1900 GMT Wednesday) and another at 9:00 am, the broadcaster reported earlier.
“Preliminary investigations (showed)... that 19 people were trapped” in the debris, it said.
Aerial footage by the broadcaster showed a village inundated by brown mud that blanketed farming fields and pooled at the foot of a densely forested mountain.
The emergency management ministry urged rescue teams to make “every possible effort” to recover the missing people.
However, it said the remote region was “high and steep” and that rescue efforts were proving “difficult”.
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SARIKEI, 23 Mei: Penduduk Kampung Muara Payang bertindak pantas memadam kebakaran hutan yang berlaku berhampiran penempatan mereka malam tadi dengan menggunakan dua unit enjin pam air.
Kejadian sekitar jam 6.50 petang itu memusnahkan lebih 10 hektar kawasan hutan.
Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Sarikei, Penolong Penguasa Bomba (PPgB) Arrahman Chik berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kecemasan pada jam 7.00 malam sebelum menghantar sepasukan anggota ke lokasi kejadian.
“Setibanya pasukan bomba di lokasi, kita mendapati kebakaran telah berjaya dipadamkan oleh penduduk kampung menggunakan dua unit enjin pam air.
“Tindakan mereka berjaya menghalang api daripada merebak ke kawasan penempatan yang terletak kira-kira 300 meter dari lokasi kebakaran,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.
Menurut beliau, pemantauan susulan dilakukan bagi memastikan tiada lagi sisa kebakaran dan keadaan benar-benar selamat.
“Tindakan pantas penduduk bukan sahaja menyelamatkan nyawa dan harta benda, malah berjaya mengelak berlakunya kebakaran yang lebih besar,” tambahnya.
Operasi turut disertai lapan anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) bagi membantu kawalan keselamatan di lokasi kejadian. – TVS