The bodies of 12 of the 22 people were found missing due to a landslide in Quang Tri

3:15 pm, Functional forces announced that 12 people were found to be 337 Division officers and soldiers who had an accident when the mountains buried the unit’s cafeteria and living quarters.

Thus, out of 22 officers and soldiers, 10 people are still missing. The forces are still trying to rescue but there are heavy rains at the site that make many activities difficult.

At the forward headquarters, Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, who heads the Vice Minister of National Defense, must ensure absolute security in rescue operations. Created two teams to monitor landslides to actively respond. The forces change shifts to find the missing cadres and soldiers as soon as possible.

14h56, Eleven people were found in the rubble at the foot of the mountain in Division 337.

The rescue force mobilizes the maximum amount of means of support. The 24-Border Middle School and Quang Tri Border Guard Headquarters sent 6 sniffer dogs to participate in the search for the missing.

2:50 pmAccording to PV Dan Tri’s latest update from the scene, the rescue team found 10 of the 22 buried officers and soldiers.

At 2:30 p.m., the forces continue to urgently search for officers and soldiers from Division 337 who were buried by landslides at the site of the landslide.

Also in the afternoon (October 18), the delegation led by Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Minister of National Defense, was present at the scene.

Immediately after the mission arrived at the scene, Vice Minister Nguyen Tan Cuong ordered to gather all forces to quickly remove the officers and soldiers as soon as possible. Meanwhile, functional agencies and local authorities are also deploying vehicles to clean up the landslides soon.

Currently, the functional branches and forces of Quang Tri Province and the IV Military Region are mobilizing to the site to coordinate the organization of rescue and rescue work.

At 1:00 p.m., the permanent vice chairman of the Quang Tri Provincial People’s Committee, Ha Sy Dong, confirmed that, at this point, the functional forces found a total of 8 bodies at the site of the landslide that buried the camp area. from army.

At 11:45 a.m., a source confirmed that another body was found.

At 10:30 this morning, October 18, a leader of the Quang Tri Province Information and Communications Department was present at the scene, said that out of 27 people in the accident, 5 people escaped, 3 were found dead, 19 people are missing.

The site buried by the rock is Division 337 Personnel Area.

The bodies of 3 officers and soldiers from Division 337 have just been found: Le Quoc Cuong, Le Hai Duc and Le Van Que.

500 mobilized officers, soldiers, all means of rescue

Search, rescue and rescue work is still being carried out with urgency, but facing many difficulties due to the large amount of buried ground; The search for victims is mainly based on local forces because the road to Huong Phung commune is not yet running, external rescue forces have not yet reached the place.

So far, Quang Tri has mobilized 500 officers, soldiers and all means and machines to participate in the rescue and salvage operation.

However, at km 222 + 100 of Ho Chi Minh Street, from Khe Sanh City to Huong Phung Commune, thousands of rocks collapsed, spilled onto the road surface, and traffic was completely jammed .

This area is about 3 km from the site, access is difficult because there are many landslides, including 2 severe landslides.

The advance command board is considering that in case the recovery of traffic is difficult, it will take a long time to use the waterway to approach the site of the landslide.

How Intellectual people On the morning of October 18, the 337th Economic and Defense Team, stationed at km 17, Huong Phung Commune, Huong Hoa District, suffered landslides. 22 officers and soldiers buried.

Currently, the functional branches and forces of Quang Tri Province and the IV Military Region are mobilizing to the site to coordinate the organization of rescue and rescue work.

At 10 a.m., rescue forces tried to find the person in danger at the scene. According to information from the place, at present heavy rains and mountains continue to fall, rescue and rescue efforts are in many dangers.

Dang Duc – Tien Thanh