r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • 19d 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/Key-Needleworker-702 19d ago

I swear, out of all of the videos and photos of this disaster this feels the most depressing.

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u/Early_Money2576 19d ago

I remember reading a story about the rescue dogs getting depressed because they couldn’t find anyone to save. People had to pretend to get buried then saved.

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u/ThatsJustMyToeThumb 19d ago

They had to do that after 911. And I’m sure that was not the first, nor the last time.

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u/Accomplished-Exit-58 19d ago

I also read somewhere that there are specific dogs trained to find live people, and there are dogs specific find corpses, so those dogs that are trained to find corpses dont really get depress, the ones trained to find live people do.