At about 09:00 on July 17 a landslide near Wujiang Third Bridge, Hanjia
subdistrict, Pengshui county, Chongqing caused house collapses and left people
trapped. The Ministry of Emergency Management activated a national Level II
geological disaster emergency response. Minister Zhang Chengzhong led a working
group to the scene and ordered full search-and-rescue, rapid accounting of those
trapped and measures to prevent secondary disasters; Vice Minister Xu Jia'ai
continued coordination. The ministry dispatched 100 professional rescuers with
equipment from the Natural Disaster Engineering Emergency Rescue Center (China
Aneng Group). The national comprehensive fire and rescue team deployed 49
vehicles and 206 personnel to the site.