A major disaster in history today | 25,000 people died in a volcanic eruption in Columbia

I. More than 25,000 people died in a volcano in Colombia

November 13, 1985, a volcanic eruption in Colombia caused 25,000 deaths.

The 12 -year-old girl, Omaira, had been soaked in mudslides for 60 hours. She eventually stopped breathing because she could not be rescued.

This is the moment when a little girl is summoned to death: her hands are swollen, her eyes are dark, and her life is lost. At this moment, this most significant photograph illustrates the situation in which we have lived in a world full of hunger, terror, war, death and natural disasters for many years. The little girl struggled for 60 hours in the mudslide until rescue workers rescued her. In front of everyone, she struggled and was angry. Although she accepted the treatment, she died.

November 13, 1985, located in Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz Toledo province horse volcanic eruption twice, lots of lava and stones have been engulfed several towns around the volcano, the eruption is the history of Colombia In the most serious natural disaster, at least 25,000 people were killed, two towns were destroyed, and material losses were huge.

Nevado del Ruiz is located more than two hundred kilometers northwest of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. On the afternoon of the 13th , the volcano broke out for the first time and broke out again at night. According to reports, after the eruption of the volcano, the snow on the top of the mountain melted and the water levels of several surrounding rivers soared and flooded, causing serious damage to the lives and property of nearby residents. Among them, the town of Ameruo in Tolima was the hardest hit. After the eruption of the volcano, the town of 20,000 inhabitants was buried by seven or eight meters of magma, rocks and volcanic ash, and 80% of residents were estimated to have died.

When the volcano erupted ...

At 9:00 on November 13 afternoon, the pilot Sefu Luo was driving DC - 8 jet aircraft from Miami to Bogota. The plane flew at a high altitude of 24,000 feet. A moment later, he inadvertently witnessed the eruption of Ruiz volcano.

"In the beginning, a dark red light rose into the sky," he recalled. "Then a gray wave slammed and I couldn't see anything." The aircraft cabin was filled with smoke, steaming, and smelling of sulfur. . The high-temperature gray smoke blackened the nose of the airplane and the window of the aircraft turned gray. He could only rely on the instrument to fly.

Sefro was not aware that he was flying over Ruyius volcano, which had been sleeping for many years and was sleeping for many years. A few hours after the volcanic eruption, 20,000 people died in the pouring of stucco flow. Thousands of people were injured, homeless or orphaned. The town of Ameruo, which has about 20,000 inhabitants, actually disappeared from the ground. What people can see is only a 7 to 15 foot thick gray covering in the town .

Western newspapers and magazines pointed out that the Ruiz Volcano disaster was one of the most tragic volcanoes in history. Compared with the eruption of Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD , that volcanic disaster caused the destruction of two cities, including Pompeii. . In this volcanic eruption, the first word to the outside world was Rodriguez, 34, the mayor of Ameriro. At the time, he was also calm and reportable on the development of the situation. Suddenly, he cried: "Wait a minute, I think the town of Armero is inundated." This is what he finally said.

The 31-year-old survivor Acosta spoke about the volcanic eruption. At the time, he was sleeping with his father and four brothers. The plaster suddenly fell on them. Then he heard the sound of boulders and gravel hitting the door and the walls. The family quickly climbed from the second floor where they lived. But when they climbed up, the wall fell. They seized his father and took him to safety, but after a few hours his father died of vomiting blood.

II. Major shipwreck accidents in the Jiangjin waters of the Yangtze River

November 13, 1995 morning, the waters of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Jiangjin major shipwreck, Jiangjin Shipping Company owned passenger ship "Jiangjin No. 6" and Guizhou Chishui barge shipping company "Zunyi No. 308" collided, "Jiangjin No. 6" Instantly sank, more than 70 passengers and crew fell into the water, only 32 survived, and the remaining 40 were missing. At the time of the press release, 3 bodies have been recovered .

According to Deputy Mayor Jiang Jin, Lei Zheng Fu introduced around at 7:13 on November morning, "Jiangjin No. 6" round from Zhutuo town Yongchuan City set sail along the Yangtze River downstream, around 9 pm to Jiangjin Yang Yan waters, and The "Zunyi 308 " wheel collided with the same direction and the "Jiangjin No. 6 " wheel sank in an instant. The motor boats and fishing boats in the nearby waters were rushing to the rescue.

III. A Major Gas Explosion Accident in Pansan Mine, Huainan Mining Bureau, Anhui Province

1997 at 19:20 on November 13, Huainan Mining Bureau PanSan Mine gas explosion accident occurred. At that time, 123 people were underground and 87 people were killed. The other 36 were struggling to rescue Pingshengshengjing, including two seriously injured. Two other ambulancemen sacrificed during the disaster.

After the accident, Minister of Coal Wang Senhao, Vice Minister Wang Xianzheng, Vice Minister of Labor Lin Yongsan, Anhui Provincial Party Committee Secretary Lu Rongjing, Deputy Governor Huang Yuezhong and relevant leaders of Huainan Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government rushed to the scene of the accident to investigate the aftermath and accidents. Work made arrangements. At present, the aftermath work is being carried out actively and steadily, and the mood of the people in the mining area is stable. Accident investigation team was set up on November 16 and started investigation.

November 28, the Ministry of Labor, the State Economic and Trade Commission it owned key coal mines continuous occurrence of major accidents issued an urgent notification, all levels of government, relevant departments especially coal industry authorities attach great importance to strengthen the leadership of key state-owned coal mine production safety , supervision and management.

The circular pointed out that since 1997 , the state-owned key coal mines have had a poor safe production situation and frequent major accidents. As of November 27, 1997, the country's state-owned key coal mines were more than 10 incidents that killed 12 people from more than 50 major accidents in which one person died from the 2. The above accidents were all gas explosions except for the accident of gas explosion. Especially since entering November 1997, state-owned key coal mine production safety situation is more severe, serious and major gas explosion occurred in succession: November 4, Panjiang Mining Bureau of Guizhou Province Yueliangtian coal mine gas explosion killed 43 people ; November 13, Anhui Huainan Mining Bureau (Ministry of coal straight tube) PanSan coal mine gas explosion killed 89 people; November 27, Anhui Huainan Mining Bureau (Ministry of coal straight pipe) Xie colliery after a gas explosion killed 45 people; November 27, Shaanxi Province, Tongchuan Mining Jiaoping coal mine gas explosion killed 28 people.

The report said that the causes of the above-mentioned accidents occurred in many aspects, but the main reason was that the leaders of the accident units did not attach importance to the safety production work of coal mines, implemented weak laws and regulations for mine safety, lax management, and responsibility systems for safe production and various ventilation systems. Gas management systems and measures are not implemented. In particular, the Huainan Coal Mining Bureau had two serious gas explosions in less than half a month, reflecting the fact that its leadership failed to seriously learn lessons, took warning, and improved its work, leading to similar accidents. Happen again.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.