Latest: Sichuan Luding earthquake has caused 7 people to be killed

According to the News Office of the Ganzi Prefecture People's Government, at 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred near Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a depth of 16 kilometers.

After the earthquake, the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Wang Xiaohui, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Huang Qiang, the governor of the provincial party committee, talked with Ganzi Prefecture and Luding County for the first time, and made instructions.

Huang Qiang, deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, led the relevant provincial departments to Luding, and is now rushing to the earthquake in the disaster area to guide earthquake relief.

The Ganzi Earthquake Resistance Headquarters immediately launched a level II emergency response. The main leaders of the Ganzi State Party Committee and the state government quickly made rescue requirements. Shenyang, the secretary of the state party committee who was studying in Beijing, immediately talked with Feng Fagui, deputy secretary of the state party committee, governor of the state party committee, and Song Xiaojun, the secretary of the Luding County Party Committee, and made arrangements. Do a good job of rescue, wounded treatment, preventing the occurrence of a secondary disaster caused by the occurrence of aftershocks and landslides, dammed lakes, etc., do a good job of resettlement of the affected people, and at the same time ending the study in Beijing, and is rushing back to the affected area of ​​Luding. Feng Fagui, deputy secretary of the state party committee and governor, led a team to the front line to carry out rescue and rescue. Relevant state departments at the state immediately entered the emergency state and sent 635 rescue forces such as fire police fire protection, medical treatment, communication power, and traffic guarantee to carry out rescue work. The 300 rescue teams have reached the epicenter, the rescue channel has been seized, and the drone has been sent to investigate. Individual houses are damaged.

At present, the earthquake has killed seven people. The damage of roads, communications, and houses is being checked.

Source: People's Daily Client Sichuan Channel

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