At minus 8 ℃ on December 19th at 20:00, Qin Yuan opened his phone and checked the time at a noodle restaurant in Guanting Town, Haidong City, Qinghai Province.
The piercing cold wind blew across Qin Yuan's cheeks, causing him to shiver subconsciously.
Three hours later, at 23:00, the temperature here dropped below minus 10 ℃.
Eight people and two cars, Qin Yuan and his family made do overnight in the car outside the noodle shop. And a day ago, she had just experienced a refugee escape.
Seven kilometers away, Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, a neighboring province, was officially measured by the China Earthquake Networks Center to have a magnitude 6.2 earthquake with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
The State Council's Earthquake Relief Command and Emergency Management Department have upgraded the national earthquake emergency response to Level II, while the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Commission and Emergency Management Department have upgraded the national disaster relief emergency response to Level III.
On the morning of December 20th, the Gansu Provincial Earthquake Relief Command held another press conference, and the report showed that as of 9:00 am on December 20th, the earthquake had caused 113 deaths and 782 injuries in Gansu. All injured people have been admitted to hospitals. As of now, a total of 20457 households with 87076 people have been temporarily evacuated and resettled.
On December 19th, a reporter from Elephant News followed the Henan rescue team and traveled thousands of miles to support Gansu, recording the rescue scene after the earthquake with his camera.
[Camera 1: The village committee organizes self rescue, while villagers from neighboring provinces gather around a fire and wrap themselves in cotton jackets to keep warm]
At 12:02 pm on December 18th, Qin Yuan (pseudonym), who was sleeping soundly in Qianjin Village, Guanting Town, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, was awakened by bursts of noise.
It's an earthquake. "Qin Yuan reacted quickly and quickly hid with his family in the corner of the wall.
At the same time, items on the cabinets inside the house began to fall off, and as the shaking of the ground intensified, cracks began to appear on the walls, and some furniture and beams were damaged.
After more than ten seconds, the rumbling sound briefly stopped.
Without hesitation, Qin Yuan hurriedly picked up the baby from his aunt's house and ran outside. When they arrived at the spacious area, another aftershock followed.
My uncle got married a few days ago and we still have relatives at home, "Qin Yuan said. The aunt who came to attend the wedding had not yet returned to her home in Xining when she encountered this earthquake.
Worried about another aftershock, Qin Yuan and the villagers didn't dare to return home that night, but chose to stay in the open space of the village. "We all sat together around the bonfire, wrapped in blankets," Qin Yuan said. Twenty people gathered around and made do overnight.
While warming up, Qin Yuan faintly heard the sound of excavators repairing the road.
After the earthquake, some roads in the village were partially damaged, and houses also suffered varying degrees of damage. Qin Yuan said that even the new house built by her uncle's family last year has many cracks, and the interior is even more messy.
The village committee is all registering (information), "Qin Yuan said. On the night after the earthquake, the village committee began organizing personnel to self rescue, but there were still varying degrees of casualties in the village.
Qin Yuan is 26 years old this year and a third year graduate student at a university in Wuhan. On December 3rd, Qin Yuan returned to his hometown Qinghai from Wuhan and took an exam in Xining. After finishing the exam, he has not returned to school yet.
Because there aren't many classes at school, I'm writing my thesis at home now. The project has already started, "Qin Yuan said." As the school has nothing to do at the moment, there are no plans to return to Wuhan.
Early on December 19th, Qin Yuan arrived in Guanting Town, 3 kilometers away from Qianjin Village. Normally, Qin Yuan's parents opened a noodle shop in Guanting Town, while she stayed at home.
As a native of Qinghai, earthquakes are not unfamiliar to her. But in her memory, each earthquake is not too big and basically does not interfere with normal production and life.
And this earthquake was something she had never encountered before.
The sound was particularly frightening, tears welled up. "Afterwards, Qin Yuan recalled that most of the houses in the village had wooden structures, and during the earthquake, it seemed like all the houses had cracked open, making the sound particularly loud.
After the earthquake, Qin Yuan's noodle shop provided hot water for passersby, and people would occasionally come to fetch hot water.
Although it is in town, there are varying degrees of cracks in the house, and Qin Yuan and his family dare not live inside anymore. I dare not stay, there are cracks behind, "Qin Yuan said, worried about aftershocks. Her grandparents in their 70s have been staying in the car.
[Camera 2: Pulling 6 carts of supplies, on-site support furnace for beef noodle soup]
The dumplings are finished, let's eat them now. "At 10:01 am on December 20th, at the square resettlement site in Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, people who came to eat were greeted while going from the bottom.
This is the second day that Nai Biyou took the initiative to support the disaster area. He only slept for two hours and woke up early at around 6am to prepare breakfast.
Four hours have passed, and he hasn't stopped his work. Nevertheless, he and his friends have been helping others serve food, and he himself has not yet eaten.
Roughly calculated, 20 boxes of supplies, 3 people serving food, and over 2000 people coming to cook in one morning.
Dumplings and beef noodles served in the morning. "It must be said that there were many people eating, two stoves were set up, and the queue for meals was very long. I was busy cooking until after midnight last night.
Nai Biyou is an ethnic minority who runs a stir fried noodle shop in Lanzhou. After coming to support the earthquake, he stopped his restaurant at home. Nai Biyou's father used to be in the People's Liberation Army, and he believed that in such situations, one should take the initiative to do something practical.
After the earthquake on the evening of December 18th, we checked our phones to see where the earthquake was. Soon after, we learned that it was in Jishishan County, and after communicating with local friends, we finally determined that the epicenter was in Dahejia Town.
On the morning of December 19th, it is necessary to start loading supplies and drive to the epicenter Dahejia Town.
When I arrived, the tent here hadn't been set up yet, "said Nai Biyu. After driving for more than three hours from Lanzhou, we arrived at Dahejia Town.
As soon as I got off the car, I had to start a stove and cook with my friends.
After arriving, we will prepare the stove and start cooking. After that, we will distribute the things on the truck to the masses.
This support requires bringing 6 carts of supplies with friends, including dumplings, instant noodles, flour, eggs, vegetables, seasonings, and more.
In the face of great disasters and calamities, we Chinese people must unite, regardless of ethnicity or anything else. We are all Chinese.
Yesterday, all the supplies were sent out and some cars left, "said Naibiyou. Now, three people are left to cook for the masses every day.
It is necessary to introduce that for some families in difficulty, they still need to deliver supplies to their doorstep. "In some places, when accidents occur and they cannot come, we deliver flour and supplies to their hands
It must be calculated that the supplies brought can still support three to four days of food.
Even though the supplies were running out, Nai Biyou didn't need to worry too much. "Go back after using them up." These days, there are still many donors around Nai Biyou.
When he first came to support, Nai Biyou was still a little uncomfortable, "sleeping in the car was not very comfortable." Now he is getting more and more motivated as he works.
[Camera 3: Medical treatment at home, mobile rescue vehicle for multiple inspections]
On the morning of December 20th, a field mobile hospital was set up at the Dahejia Town resettlement site in Jishishan County, Gansu Provincial People's Hospital.
After the earthquake, many residents seeking refuge and rescue personnel gathered here.
We have 35 people in Dahejia Town (resettlement site), equipped with surgical vehicles, laboratories, etc., which can meet the medical needs of the masses, "recalled Hao Xiangyong, the leader of the emergency rescue medical team of Gansu Provincial People's Hospital. After learning about the earthquake at around 12 o'clock on December 18th, they began to prepare.
At 1:30 am on December 19th, the first batch of volunteers from Gansu Provincial People's Hospital had already set off and proceeded, followed by two subsequent batches of personnel.
Come here around 4 o'clock, "Hao Xiangyong said. After receiving instructions from the hospital, he immediately entered the disaster area to carry out construction work, without even caring about rest.
On the evening of December 19th, there was no one seeking medical treatment, so Hao Xiangyong and his colleagues were able to stop and rest, sitting in the car for the whole night.
At around 3am today, a person had a severe epileptic seizure. After handling the emergency situation, Hao Xiangyong and his colleagues took the patient to Jishishan County Hospital for referral.
Hao Xiangyong introduced that this support mainly involves mobile rescue vehicles.
In the mobile rescue vehicle, medical team members quickly carried out corresponding treatment work such as debridement, suturing, wound dressing, and referral for injured people.
One of them is an X-ray car, which can meet the needs of diagnosing fractures in patients. "We can check whether there is any damage to the vertebral body, and we can also take a picture, which has already been used by patients
If someone has a nasal bridge bone compression injury, accurate diagnosis can also be achieved on the X-ray vehicle, "including whether there is intestinal obstruction in the abdomen, we can complete (diagnosis and treatment) on the X-ray vehicle
Hao Xiangyong introduced that another mobile rescue vehicle is a laboratory vehicle, which can complete routine blood and urine tests.
If the injured are seriously injured and the operating room is particularly important, such as in cases of hemorrhagic shock, liver rupture, spleen rupture, etc. that require urgent treatment, the surgery can be completed in the surgical cart of a field mobile hospital.
The surgical cart is like an independent operating room in our operating room, which can accommodate all kinds of surgeries as long as there are corresponding instruments for each type of surgery. "Hao Xiangyong introduced that on December 19th, nearly 10 cases of scalp lacerations were treated at home.
What are the advantages of mobile rescue vehicles? Hao Xiangyong stated that the mobile rescue vehicle also includes water and power supply vehicles. If wilderness survival is achieved, there will be sufficient oil and water resources.
This time to support the disaster area, Hao Xiangyong has been sticking to the front line.
Yesterday, there were over 70 patients, "Hao Xiangyong explained. With low temperatures and temporary medical facilities, many people came to look for medicine.
【 Camera ④: Thousands of miles to aid Gansu, multiple rescue forces from Henan participate in the rescue 】
Go inside, slow down. "At around 10am on December 20th, Captain Zhang of the Luoyang Shenying Rescue Team at the Dahejia Town Command Center in Jishishan County quickly distributed the task to the team members.
A day ago, a group of 30 people set off from Luoyang and drove to Gansu to participate in the rescue.
On the evening of December 19th at 23:00, the rescue team of Luoyang Shenying arrived at the Jishishan County headquarters. Captain Zhang introduced that after receiving the task that night, they quickly rushed to the epicenter area and set up tents for the masses.
Last night I set up a tent and worked all night, "Captain Zhang said, working from last night until 9am.
For this support, the Luoyang Shenying rescue team carried cutting machines, life detectors, drones, satellite phones, and mining tools.
On the morning of December 20th, the Luoyang Shenying Rescue Team received a notice from the command center that on the one hand, they need to assist the local government in setting up tents for the masses, and on the other hand, they need to collect the materials needed by the masses and distribute them in a timely manner.
Now we need to go down and enter the village for statistics. "Captain Zhang introduced that 30 people were divided into three groups, each with 10 people. They entered the village in different areas and asked each household what specific materials they needed. The statistical information was reported to the command center, and the materials were uniformly allocated and distributed to the villagers.
On the way, as the road surface has not been fully restored, Captain Zhang and his colleagues need to get off the car and walk to the villagers' homes.
In addition to the Luoyang Divine Eagle Rescue Team, rescue forces such as the Zhengzhou Blue Sky Rescue Team and the Henan Emergency Rescue Association have all rushed to Gansu.
The first team of light aircraft or high-speed trains has departed, and the second team of two vehicles carrying emergency equipment has been dispatched. On the morning of December 19th, the person in charge of the Henan Emergency Rescue Association introduced that the two teams sent by the rescue association, totaling 12 people, are currently on their way to Gansu.
Two teams of 12 people quickly gathered, with one group of 4 people taking the high-speed rail and the other group of 8 people driving with equipment, and rushed to Gansu one after another.
I received an emergency notice at 1am and arrived at the warehouse at 2pm to organize the equipment. "At around 10am on the 19th, Zhao Peiyu, one of the rescue personnel who went to the scene, told Elephant News reporters that their group of 8 people drove by themselves, carrying a combination of warm and waterproof rescue suits, split raincoats, generators, walkie talkies, headlights, tents, first aid kits, stretchers, climbing ropes, pry bars and many other rescue equipment.
At present, Elephant News reporters have learned that some rescue teams are cooperating with the local government to set up tents for local residents, while others are assisting in compiling information on the situation of local villagers.
On the morning of December 20th, the Gansu Provincial Earthquake Relief Command held the second press conference on the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Jishishan County, Gansu Province. As of 3:00 pm on December 19th, the rescue work in Gansu Province has basically ended, and the focus of the work will shift to the treatment of the injured and the resettlement of the affected people.
