138 firefighters rescued 423 people in Wuhan after heavy rain

A heavy rainfall that lasted for more than 10 hours hit Wuhan Sunday, causing severe waterlogging in many parts of the city, limiting residents' travel, and ponding up to 2 meters in some low-lying areas According to the statistics of Wuhan fire department, from 2:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m on the 7th, 138 public alarms were received, 145 rescue vehicles were dispatched, and more than 420 trapped people were evacuated and rescued It is understood that as a result of long-term rainstorm leading to urban waterlogging, the early morning alarm calls continue "I haven't had a rest for a long time, and I haven't had a meal from morning till now," said Xiao Jiang, who is in charge of receiving the police in 119 command center Because there are too many telephone calls and the fire police force is limited, the police force of the fire department is now fully engaged in urban waterlogging rescue Around 7 a.m., the 119 command center of Wuhan received a report that the four new farms near the four new North Road were flooded and more than 10 people were trapped More than 10 firefighters and 2 fire trucks were dispatched to the scene by the inkhu fire brigade According to the introduction of the rescue officers and soldiers, the disaster was located in a low-lying area, with a depth of about 1 meter More than 10 households living on the first floor were trapped in their homes, and more than 50 rescue workers including armed police, fire control, urban management, etc were gathered at the scene According to the situation on site, the rescuers asked the trapped people to move to the second floor of the house and wait for rescue Then contact the power supply department on site to cut off the power supply facilities in the disaster area to prevent accidents in the rescue process At 8:50, the armed police officers and soldiers participating in the rescue sent a boat to the scene, and the search and rescue personnel took the boat into the disaster area for rescue During this period, the rain gradually decreased and the water level had a slow downward trend Due to the uneven terrain in the disaster area and inconvenient use of the submarines, another rubber boat was transferred from the water department, and the fire officers and soldiers did the final search and rescue inspection work At around 9:50, the search and rescue work was completed and 13 affected people were transferred In machanghu community of machanghu Road, Hanyang, three firefighters are carrying an old man out of his home with waist deep water It is understood that the old man lives on the first floor of the community, and his family is flooded He can't go out because of his inconvenience Fortunately, the fire brigade arrived in time and carried her out Wu Hao, the leader of Hanyang fire fighting Squadron, said the community is an old one with limited sewage discharge capacity When firefighters arrived at the scene at 8:00 in the morning, they found that when the water stain was the highest, 38 people were evacuated from the community within more than 2 hours according to the depth of 1.5 meters on the ground.