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heavy snowfall in hulunbuir caused many vehicles to be trapped. the tour bus was trapped for a day and night, and more than 30 passengers were rescued and resettled.

2024-09-30

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jimu news reporter zhan lu and cao xuejiao

on september 29, many places in hulunbuir city, inner mongolia, experienced the first widespread snowfall in autumn. snow and ice accumulated on many local roads, making travel inconvenient. a local tourism practitioner said in an interview with a jimu news reporter that his tour bus was stuck on the road for more than 20 hours due to difficulty in driving vehicles due to snow. on the morning of the 30th, the group was transferred to a resettlement site by local rescue workers.

the leader of the tour group, mr. zhang (pseudonym), said that the group of tourists came from guangdong. there were more than 30 people in the car, and the driving direction was from ergun to manzhouli.

it started to snow at around 9 o'clock in the morning on the 29th. it was sleet at first, but not very heavy. mr. zhang said that the temperature was getting lower and lower and gradually turned into heavy snow.

the vehicle cannot move forward (picture comes from the internet)

an hour later, the vehicle traveled to the 186th kilometer of the 331 national highway border highway in chenbalhu banner, hulunbuir city. just after passing the "186 ribbon river" scenic spot, there was already a traffic jam ahead. mr. zhang said that the border highway is already narrow, and the road quickly froze after snowfall. it was difficult for many cars to get on and off, causing the road to be completely blocked. by late night on the 29th, although the snow had stopped, traffic was still blocked and vehicles could not pass.

"because the road is very narrow and the snow is deep, some equipment such as excavators got stuck in the snow, and some could not reach the road at all." some car owners who were trapped on the national highway that night said that on-site rescue was too difficult, and many large-scale rescue vehicles couldn't get in at all.

because the road was not open yet, at around 7 a.m. on the 30th, rescue workers from the local government arrived and moved the tourists on the bus to nearby resettlement sites in batches and provided some hot water and food. after the road is completely clear, take the bus again.

rescue scene (picture source: hulunbuir released wechat public account)

official news from hulunbuir shows that the heavy snowfall on september 29 caused varying degrees of snow and ice accumulation on ordinary national and provincial trunk roads in manzhouli city, genhe city, ergun city, chenbalhu banner and other areas.

hulunbuir officials said that in the face of rain and snow, the city's transportation system immediately dispatched large-scale snow removal machinery and equipment to carry out snow removal and anti-skid operations on multiple road sections.

as of 18:00 on september 29, the city's transportation system had reserved more than 2,280 cubic meters of anti-skid materials for spreading, dispatched 87 snow removal personnel, 42 sets of machinery and equipment, 1.2 tons of snow melting agent, and rescued 35 trapped vehicles and trapped people. more than 76 people.