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Police rescue tourists trapped in minus 30 after avalanche in Xinjiang

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-01-04 14:09 Comments

Police rescue tourists trapped in minus 30 after avalanche in Xinjiang

Policemen use shovels to clear the snow at Altay prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Jan 3, 2016. [Photo/IC]

Five police officers from local station rescued nearly 100 tourists trapped in 21 vehicles in two-meter-deep snow at Altay prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Sunday.

After being told that passengers on a vehicle were buried in the snow due to an avalanche, the policemen immediately went to the location and used shovels to clear the snow in minus 30 degree temperature.

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