At 2:36 p.m. on the August 10, Ganzi said the fire command center received a report: a 59 person tour group in Hailuogou scenic sightseeing large glacier when the ice falls, glaciers are melting floods. After the fire officers and men more than two hours of emergency relief, 59 tourists were all trapped in the safe transfer.
Then the alarm, the fire rapidly mobilize Ganzi Hailuogou scenic six officers and men to the rescue brigade, and the mobilization of Luding County Fire Department for reinforcement. 16:10, Hailuogou officers and men of the first rescue unit arrived scenic site of the accident. Scenic cable companies, according to the person in charge, trapped tourists come from Chengdu and Chongqing. As the hot weather, melting glaciers, floods blocked roads, all the tourists were trapped in the glacier.
Upon arrival, rescue officers and soldiers, along the tourist side of a steep mountain station to launch a large ice waterfall rescue, rescue personnel in an organized manner under the protection of withdrawal. 18:30, the last safety of tourists come from the cable car. So far, 59 people were successfully rescued all. Source: Sichuan Daily
