By Li Bingxuan

李秉宣

GUIYANG, May 23 -- Two separate landslides struck Changshi and Guowa townships in Dafang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, at around 3:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. As of 2:00 p.m. of the same day, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) Force had dispatched multiple troops for rescue mission in Dafang County.

貴陽(yáng)5月23日電  5月22日3時(shí)許和9時(shí)許，貴州省大方縣長(zhǎng)石鎮(zhèn)和果瓦鄉(xiāng)分別發(fā)生一起山體滑坡。截至22日14時(shí)，解放軍和武警部隊(duì)出動(dòng)多支力量投入貴州省大方縣山體滑坡?lián)岆U(xiǎn)救援任務(wù)。

According to the PLA Guizhou Provincial Military Command, after the disaster, the Bijie Military Sub-Command mobilized about 120 officers and soldiers as well as militiamen from the surrounding township militias emergency platoons to join the rescue efforts. The PAP Guizhou Corps quickly launched the emergency plan, and more than 60 troops of the PAP Bijie Detachment arrived at the disaster-stricken area at around noon with professional equipment such as demolition tools and life-saving equipment.

據(jù)貴州省軍區(qū)消息，災(zāi)情發(fā)生后，畢節(jié)軍分區(qū)組織官兵及周邊鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)民兵應(yīng)急排約120人前出一線(xiàn)參加救援任務(wù)。武警貴州總隊(duì)迅速啟動(dòng)應(yīng)急預(yù)案，武警畢節(jié)支隊(duì)60余名官兵攜帶破拆工具、救生器材等專(zhuān)業(yè)設(shè)備于12時(shí)許抵達(dá)救援一線(xiàn)。