At around 6 a.m. on June 24, 2017, a high - altitude landslide occurred in Xinmo Village, Diexi Town, Mao County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province (coordinates: 32.06627°N, 103.65062°E). A spokesperson for the Sichuan Provincial Government said that preliminary statistics showed that the landslide had buried 46 households and left 141 people missing. The river channel was blocked for 2 kilometers, and more than 1,600 meters of road was buried. The Mao County Party Committee and the county government urgently activated the Class - I emergency response for extremely large - scale geological disasters and organized forces to rush to the scene for rescue. After the information platform of the Emergency Command Center of the Blue Sky Rescue Team collected the information, it quickly initiated the rescue reporting process. The Sichuan Blue Sky Rescue Team and the Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team were immediately put on standby. The general commanders, Yuanshan Bining, dispatched a 5 - member mountain - area advisory group from the Sichuan Blue Sky Rescue Team to the disaster area to survey the situation. The rear - support rescue platform was urgently activated to collect on - site information, track the situation of the people, and follow up on the progress of the rescue.
At 9:30, the Blue Sky Rescue Team immediately launched the rescue operation. Four members from the Dujiangyan team, who were the nearest, were dispatched to the rescue site. Other teams within Sichuan Province quickly organized forces to reinforce the rescue effort.
At 12:57, four members of the Dujiangyan team, namely Gou Shaolin, Piaoliuping, Buqi, and Erjie, arrived at the scene and started the rescue work.
At 16:58, Piaoliuping, a member of the Dujiangyan team, located two buried victims through search and positioning. Then, in collaboration with the fire officers and soldiers, they dug out the two buried individuals. Unfortunately, both had no signs of life.
At 19:55, the first echelon of the Dazhou team, consisting of 13 people including Qin Fangjun, Li Changqing, Wu Jing, Chen Houbin, Zeng Guochuan, Liu Yuanhong, Chen Zhongquan, Lei Shaoshan, Yu Zhouwen, Canglang, Weng Wubing, Li Jijun, and Xu Peng, set off from the Nanwai Expressway Intersection in Dazhou in 2 vehicles to head for the rescue site in Mao County to participate in the rescue work.
At 21:10, the first echelon of the Guang'an team, with 5 people including Du Jin, Tang Youfa, Xu Hui, Peng Tingbing, and Yan Xiaoping, set off from Lianhua Middle Road in the urban area of Guang'an in 2 vehicles, heading for the rescue site in Diexi Town, Mao County to participate in the rescue operation.
Summary: As of 23:13 on June 24, 2017, a total of 2 teams with 37 members had been dispatched. They bandaged an injured fire - fighter, assisted in excavating 2 bodies, and another 22 team members were on their way to the rescue site.