China Daily (Hong Kong)

Senior injured in volcano dream

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ing 12 firefighte­rs, immediatel­y arrived on the scene and reported that victims were stranded in the middle of the river, which is 1.5 meters deep and 50 meters wide. After calling on the victims to don life jackets, the firefighte­rs used ropes and a rubber raft to help ferry the victims to safety.

CHINANEWS.COM stranded in snowy highlands 170 kilometers from Kunming for more than two hours before they were brought to safety on Jan 6. The incident took place around 7 pm on Jiaozi Snow Mountain when many tourists endured a long wait for the park’s shuttle buses to pick them up due to the slippery road surfaces. Park officials said nearly 5,000 tourists visited to enjoy snowy scenery during the day and chose to leave at a similar time, which led to the traffic jam and delays. All the tourists were brought to safe areas around 9 pm.

YUNNAN.CN An elderly woman, surnamed Zhang, was injured when she stumbled while running out of her house in Benxi after having a dream of a volcanic eruption on Dec 29. A local, surnamed Wang, immediatel­y called police when he found Zhang suffering from bleeding on her head and standing barefoot in the middle of a street around 2 am. Zhang, 88, who was later sent to the hospital by police, said she rushed out of her home after dreaming that her house was about to collapse during a volcanic eruption.

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