Rescue efforts at site of bridge tragedy

By Yan Shuang in Sanmenxia Source:Globaltimes.cn Published: 2013-2-2 21:35:00

A rescue team clears up wreckage under a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
A rescue team clears up wreckage under a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
 
A rescue team clears up wreckage under a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
A rescue team clears up wreckage under a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
The remains of fireworks are scattered in a field near the collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. The bridge was destroyed after a firework-laden truck exploded. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
The remains of fireworks are scattered in a field near the collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. The bridge was destroyed after a firework-laden truck exploded. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
 
A crane lifts up part of a destroyed truck from under a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
A crane lifts up part of a destroyed truck from under a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
 
Car plates and parts of destroyed vehicles are collected near a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
Car plates and parts of destroyed vehicles are collected near a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
 
Liu Erzeng, a nearby resident, holds a distorted digital satellite receiver that fell from a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
Liu Erzeng, a nearby resident, holds a distorted digital satellite receiver that fell from a collapsed bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT
 
The windows of Hou Jianmei’s home, located just five hundred meters away from the accident bridge, were smashed by the huge blast from the explosion that destroyed a bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT 
The windows of Hou Jianmei’s home, located just five hundred meters away from the accident bridge, were smashed by the huge blast from the explosion that destroyed a bridge in Sanmenxia, Henan Province on Saturday. Photo: Yan Shuang /GT 
 
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