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.
贵阳5月23日电 5月22日3时许和9时许，贵州省大方县长石镇和果瓦乡分别发生一起山体滑坡。截至22日14时，解放军和武警部队出动多支力量投入贵州省大方县山体滑坡抢险救援任务。
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.
据贵州省军区消息，灾情发生后，毕节军分区组织官兵及周边乡镇民兵应急排约120人前出一线参加救援任务。武警贵州总队迅速启动应急预案，武警毕节支队60余名官兵携带破拆工具、救生器材等专业设备于12时许抵达救援一线。
