After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 764: 504

"In the county, has the resettlement issue been resolved?"

The responder changed to a leader who accompanied them, "Mayor, our county’s 50 tents, 300 cotton quilts, food, water sources, flashlights, and other supplies have already been in place! We plan to set up three resettlement sites nearby to relocate the more than 400 local residents, with County Magistrate Xu personally responsible for their living and safety!"

"Hmm..." the Mayor nodded, his expression serious, "Director Wang from the city will arrive this afternoon, and the government has also mobilized over a thousand officers and soldiers from the People’s Armed Police and Firefighting to rush here swiftly! The Municipal Government demands that you must do your utmost, race against time to advance the rescue efforts, and save the lives of survivors! Whatever is needed, the city government will fully support you in resolving it! The rescue operation must not be neglected!"

The surrounding leaders nodded in agreement. freēwēbnovel.com

The camera also recorded the entire conversation.

The reporter, however, just held the microphone, not asking a single question.

Facing leaders who are often interviewed, the job of a reporter is easier, as the leaders know what to say, and they just need to record and edit back at the studio.

With this segment for the national populace recorded, the director also tacitly pointed toward the command post:

"Mayor, after the evacuation is completed, we have borrowed rural housing to establish a temporary on-site command post! There are specific rescue dispatch issues and some other problems that I still need to report to you!"

"Good! Let’s go inside and talk!"

A group of leaders walked away.

Fang Huai also began to refocus on the mountain that still hadn’t begun any actual rescue operations, quickly pondering his next moves.

The power of nature, once unleashed, renders one helpless.

The large crack above, a hundred meters in length, yet to collapse, meant he still dared not send anyone over there. Just searching along the edge involved digging below while continuing to slide above, feeling there were endless falling rocks, the more they rescued, the more difficult it felt. Hours had passed, and Fang Huai even felt that, even if the excavators arrived, they might only be slightly more equipped to fight back.

Even if they wanted to open up the mountain, wouldn’t they need a road for trucks to carry away the rocks?

Moreover, down there, he had people try to dig a bit at the edge, digging seven or eight meters, all loose new rock and soil, not knowing how thick it would have to be to break through to the mine, possibly hundreds of meters, or even... several hundred meters.

Difficult.

About fifteen minutes later, a young man came running from the rural house.

"Captain Fang! Captain Fang! The leaders are asking for you!"

Fang Huai responded and jogged over, reaching the door, which was slightly ajar, and yelled:

"Reporting!"

"Come in!"

Rural household, adobe house, the so-called living room is just a stove and several seats.

A few sat while about ten stood, even making room for the cameraman’s equipment, making it seem somewhat crowded.

But Fang Huai was tall, his line of sight was clear. As soon as he entered, he saw a middle-aged man by the stove reporting with a document.

"Based on the information we’ve collected so far, the number of missing persons confirmed before is 72: local villagers 21, mobile base station workers 2, miners 45, passing farmers 3, passing teacher 1. The situation is still being collected, there might be more, but now 6 have been found, making it 66 people in total."

Sitting squarely in the center, the Mayor nodded and said, "Hmm, just now you were talking about this barrier lake, what’s the situation?" freēwēbηovel.c૦m

The director immediately waved, "Oh, Little Fang, Little Fang! Come in!"

Fang Huai squeezed in, stood at attention, and saluted:

"Hello, Chief!"

The director smiled, "Little Fang, you are quite famous! Both of our corps captains know you!"

Fang Huai smiled, "Thank you, Chief, for your concern!"

A military-clad leader smiled and began, "Wearing the August First Medal, it’s hard not to recognize you! Chief General Fu mentioned it, and I knew right away, the star of Firefighting! I was watching below when you were honored!"

Another, Chief General Fu, looked at the Mayor and casually began, "Director Yu from Beijing called me, he’s already sent a nearby squadron to reinforce us, at that time I even asked, which detachment? He mentioned a squadron! I wasn’t satisfied though, said how can a squadron be enough for such a disaster? Director Yu even laughed at me, said I didn’t know the good stuff! Kept me in suspense! After I observed the situation outside and heard Director Wang praising you, I realized, it’s you who came!"

As Chief General Fu spoke, he nodded, "Indeed, quite impressive, a true semblance of a great general! Our young cadres in the corps could certainly learn a lot from you! I’ve heard about your story, you handled Tangjia Mountain Barrier Lake exceptionally well! So how about this barrier lake, any issues?"

Fang Huai was inherently from Firefighting and had arranged the preliminary work well, naturally earning Chief General Fu’s praise.

The cameraman also turned the camera towards Fang Huai, giving him a shot.

Fang Huai had been paying attention to this issue since he arrived, speaking confidently:

"Reporting to the leaders, the barrier lake is definitely a major issue, the source of the lake water has now been clarified, it originated from a small river in Heping Ditch being blocked, currently forming a barrier lake with a dam height of over 100 meters, once it fills up, the risk to the surrounding area is considerable. However, the current water storage is not large, only reaching a height of seven to eight meters. Yet, should there be heavy rainfall, the speed of water accumulation will be very rapid."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him, with a somewhat grave tone, began.

"We from the Wulong Meteorological Bureau have started closely monitoring this area since 5 p.m. after receiving notice, the situation isn’t good a...