13 teachers and students from National Yilan University went to Yuanyang Lake to investigate on the 15th. The collapsed road was cut off due to heavy rain and they were trapped in the dormitory for 5 days. With the assistance of the police and firefighters, they arrived at Mingchi Villa safely at noon today.Baling will meet and return.
A total of 13 people from Yilan University, including Professor Chen surnamed Chen, friends surnamed Lin and 11 students, went to Yuanyang Lake on the 15th to conduct research and surveys in the Baling area of Fuxing District, City of Taoyuan. he went to Villa Mingchi, but he realized that the road conditions were not good and he returned to the workshop to await help.In this period the communication with the outside world was regular and the materials, water, electricity and personnel in the workshop they were safe.
Yesterday, police and firefighters carried out rescue operations from Villa Mingchi and the 100-line forest road at 0 km. When they reached the 100-line forest road at 5 km, they found the foundations lost. After passing through the ropes, they advanced 6.1 kilometers before encountering a large collapse. As the sky was dark, search and rescue personnel suspended search and rescue operations.
This morning, 5 policemen advanced from the entrance of the forest road of line 100. At around 10:00 am, at 5.5 kilometers of the forest road of line 100, they successfully contacted teachers and students of Yi. The department joined the fire department and arrived at Villa Mingchi at 12:30. The school sent a medium-sized bus to Baling to pick up teachers and students.
In addition, the Yilan County government said that in addition to 13 people from Yilan University, 10 employees of Mingchi Villa will be left behind and the rest of the people are expected to be evacuated today.
(Editor in chief: Zhuang Yanyu)
