Over 2,000 soldiers rush to quake-hit area for rescue

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-04-20 10:57

CHENGDU -- More than 2,000 soldiers were rushing to the area hit by a 7.0-magnitude quake in Southwest 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province for rescue and relief work, military sources said Saturday.

The 2,000 soldiers were from the Chengdu Military Area Command (MAC). ? Meanwhile, two helicopters of the Chengdu MAC took off at 9:18 a.m from Jiajiang county to learn the developments on the ground.

The Chengdu MAC has already set up a quake relief and rescue headquarters.

It has also set up a medical relief team for the quake-hit region.

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