Shenzhen survivors search goes on
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MORE than 5,000 rescue workers with over 700 excavators and bulldozers are still searching through rubble for signs of life after Sunday’s landslide at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, local authorities said yesterday.
There are 75 people still listed as missing after a survivor was rescued on Wednesday morning. Four bodies have also been found. Two of the 17 injured have been discharged from hospital.
Zhu Tingfeng, deputy secretary of the city government, told at a press conference that officials had been in touch with the families of 59 missing people.
Hundreds of doctors, nurses, and psychologists have been sent to nine temporary settlements near the landslide site and a psychological crisis intervention panel will offer counseling and comfort to the injured and families of the missing.
The landslide has also affected more than 4,600 workers in 90 factories and workshops, including 34 plants which were buried or damaged by mud and waste.
The survivor, Tian Zeming, met his father yesterday for the first time since the landslide. Doctors said Tian is in a stable condition.
Before Tian came to Shenzhen around two months ago, he worked in a factory in east China’s Jiangsu Province with his mother and sister.
After the landslide, one of his relatives saw Tian’s name on the missing list.
“I was very worried when I knew my son was among the missing people. I called him but could not get through,” his father said.
Trapped in a ruined building, Tian survived on scattered snacks and a half bottle of water.
On Sunday, a mountain of construction waste collapsed at the Hengtaiyu industrial park in Guangming New District, covering an area of 380,000 square meters and burying or damaging a total of 33 buildings.
A nearby section of a major gas pipeline burst, cutting off gas supplies to neighboring Hong Kong.
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