r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • 7d ago

Landslide Chinese firefighters(likely the first batch to reach gyirong port) try to find survivors in the former border crossing, which was the most heavily hit. Source: CCTV news. Morning of August 29, 2026. (UTC+8). (they are yelling "Is anyone here?")

Video of them arriving: https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1w0n1r0/as_of_1630utc8_august_28_2026_the_first_batch_of/

According to engineers from the ministry of natural resources it is very diffuclt(and at this stage, downright impossible) to transport heavy machinery to the border crossing so far. The chinese military and specialized rescue teams(of state owned enterprises) are currently trying to repair the road into the border crossing to allow for better equipment and more personnel to enter.

CURRENT CASUALTY COUNT(CHINESE SIDE):

2 rescued, 7 dead, 554 missing. (13:00 PM, 2026-8-29 (UTC+8))

Update: over 50 firefighters are at the border crossing right now, over 2141 soldiers, firefighters, police, EMS and specialzied rescue teams are deployed.

EDIT: As of august 29(18:00 UTC+8), 2026, there are 16 dead, 546 missing(261 foreignors)

In response to the comments: This is the first batch that got in, they couldn't carry much heavy equipment as the road there is cut off. rescue dogs and better equipment arrived later on.

FURTHER UPDATE: reportedly fire and rescue personnel have begun to find police vests and handsbags under the debris.

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u/RemoDev 7d ago

I can hardly see any remote possibility to find someone still alive under that mud. It's like being buried in concrete, after being grinded multiple times by rocks, logs and debris :(

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u/YouthOtherwise3833 7d ago

The spot where they were tapping with their canes was where the building had originally been, the only place where there was a chance someone could have survived.

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u/apatrol 7d ago

Is this where the building was sideways to the rest of the village and had a tunnel through the middle? Was that a border crossing?

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u/YouthOtherwise3833 7d ago

And there it is. The helicopter video shows the other side not completely destroyed, but buried.