At 2: 00 p.m. on January 10, an explosion occurred at the Wucailong Gold Mine under construction in Xicheng Town, Qixia City, Shandong Province. The shock wave damaged the ladders of the well, and the cage could not operate normally. Twenty-two workers were trapped underground at the time of the accident.
On January 12, the on-site Rescue Command issued an emergency rescue bulletin saying:
After the explosion accident of Qixia Xiangshan Gold Mine in Qixia City, Shandong Wucailong Investment Co., Ltd., the Shandong provincial party committee and provincial government quickly set up the provincial, municipal and county integrated headquarters, and the leading comrades of the emergency management department directed the rescue through video link. Seven working groups under the headquarters, namely, on-site rescue, technical experts, logistics support, media liaison, accident investigation, family reception of miners, medical treatment, and epidemic prevention and control, are carrying out rescue work in a tense and orderly manner.
As of 5: 00 a.m. on January 12, there are more than 300 professional rescue forces at the scene, with more than 40 sets of machinery and equipment of all kinds, which are using forced ventilation to transport oxygen underground; professionals are taking advantage of the stable plate to clear the obstacles of the wellbore and rescue the people trapped underground. At the same time, the command is mobilizing more large-caliber drilling rigs to participate in the rescue.
Because the toxic gas produced by the explosion in the wellbore cannot be eliminated in a short time, the blockage of the wellbore leads to the obstruction of the drill pipe, coupled with the narrow working surface, the progress of the manual obstacle removal of the wellbore is relatively slow. at present, rescue workers are doing everything possible to rescue the trapped people.
Rescue work is racing against the clock, follow-up progress will be released in time, Synchronize launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.
