CCTV News: The Myanmar earthquake affected many countries. In addition to Thailand and Vietnam, many places in Yunnan in China also felt a significant earthquake. Ruili launched a magnitude 4 emergency response. At the moment of the earthquake, the local people's calm and calm response was impressive.
On March 28, at the moment of the Myanmar earthquake, a nurse in a confinement center in Ruili, Yunnan happened to have a child in her arms. She squatted down and tried to protect the baby in her arms. After the shock stabilized, the nurse said, "It's okay, it's okay."
At the moment of the earthquake, the teacher from a middle school in Ruili responded calmly and held a "safety umbrella" for students at critical moments.
Because the earthquake came too suddenly and the scene was shaken violently. The teacher first directed the students to hide under the table. After the earthquake stabilized, he organized the students to evacuate in an orderly manner, and he was the last to leave.
Ruili is the closest place in Yunnan to the epicenter of the Myanmar earthquake. In addition to the obvious tremor, Ruili Fortune Plaza high-rise apartment is one of the buildings that are more severely affected by this earthquake. After preliminary judgment, the main structure of the building was not damaged, the plaster layer on the wall was partially cracked, and there is still a risk of attachments falling. More than 2,800 people affected by the building and surrounding areas have been evacuated. The reporter learned that most local residents temporarily stayed at the homes of relatives and friends, and some foreign tourists also lived in nearby hotels.
Ge Zhaolan, a resident of the high-rise apartment in Ruili Fortune Plaza, said: "After checking for safety hazards, there is no danger, then we should go back. The community has called to notify us and said that we will hold on for a few more days. If there is anything outside, we need to report to the community, and the community will also provide help to us."
Affected by the Myanmar earthquake, 847 households in Ruili City were damaged, involving 2,840 people. The local housing and construction departments are stepping up assessment and inspection of the safety of housing in the city, and strive to do a good job in safety hazard inspection and secondary disaster prevention.
At present, Ruili City has prepared more than 1,200 tents, 3,330 folding beds, quilts, rice and other rescue materials, launched a level 4 emergency response, comprehensively check the property losses of injured people and the masses, and strengthened risk and hidden danger investigation to prevent secondary disasters. In addition, Ruili City's water, electricity, transportation and communication have gradually returned to normal.
