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yesterday afternoon, a 67-year-old to play in Fuxian Lake unfortunately drowned, their families seek help to the local salvage team, salvage team, said to pay about 20,000 yuan before the salvaged remains of the deceased. It is understood that every year large numbers of tourists drowned in Lake Fuxian local even without a professional salvage team, basically all the bodies of victims salvage salvage team need to resort to the private set up, and pay high fees .

Witnesses said the salvage team to rely on dead asking price “

responsible for handling the case of River City police station, surnamed Li police said killed the elderly is to from Kunming, Mr Tsang, during May and his family to play Fuxian Lake, arrived at about 10:00 yesterday Fuxian Lake Sunshine Coast hotels near the beach. In the morning, the elderly had swim, learned that the elderly foot cramps, his son persuaded him to move along the shore, do not water again. However, around 13:30, the elderly found that his nephew to swim the lake depths, worry about the accident, on the water again, want to pull back the nephew did not expect trouble.

Lee police officer introduced the elderly victims place from the shore is only about 15 meters. Found that elderly drowning seen, and the family quickly reported to the police and contacted the salvage team arrived at the scene to salvage. Police rushed to the scene half an hour later, salvage crews have been on the beach. Subsequently, the families of the victims in consultation with the salvage team salvage price, the salvage team before launching commence operations, the elderly have been drowned, was salvaged.

According to an eyewitness, Ms. Duan said: “The remains of salvage to the fast-shore, the salvage team’s request 26,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan from the original fare increase to salvage the remains of the deceased. Salvage do a tag team of people are still remains of the victims floating in the water, families without money is not the remains of fishing on shore. “

In this regard, the police said did not happen relying on the corpse of the asking price “, the salvage process is very smooth are water salvage salvage team to negotiate a good price,” This is the practice “, the salvage cost is $ 20,000 or 2.6 million salvage before it should be negotiated . However, he said, do not know the family how much money to pay for the salvage of specific families of the victims are unwilling to be interviewed.

Fuxian Lake, a professional salvage team

Fuxian Lake and there is no official organization of the salvage team, are self-organized rely on private individuals. ” The police said the Fuxian Lake across the three counties of Chengjiang, Jiangchuan, China Ning such a large area of ​​the Lake District, to organize the establishment of the official form of the salvage team, the need to invest enormous human and material resources, the government is difficult to bear. Therefore, in the event of a drowning accident, is comprised largely of private salvage team to salvage, and will charge a fee to the family.

In addition, he also said the salvage team for private salvage team, but more professional, equipped specifically for the salvage of the vessel and oxygen bottles, capable of performing the salvage work.

Subsequently, the reporter contacted the Yuxi City Fuxian Lake Authority, one staff member said that the Authority is only responsible for Fuxian fishery and environmental management, Lakes drowning staff, to salvage the salvage team is responsible for , the Authority is not responsible. In addition, only in very urgent circumstances, the Authority will provide rescue services.

Fuxian Lake drowning frequent

Fuxian Lake is China’s largest deep-water freshwater lake, is located in Yuxi City, Yunnan Chengjiang, Jiangchuan, Huaning County, Kunming more than 60 kilometers, a concentration of Kunming travel to the public, especially the small holiday like fifty-one this.

As a famous scenic spot of Yuxi City, each year approximately 3 million visitors per go Fuxian Lake, but also a large number of tourists in Fuxian Lake drowning accident occurred. Only in July last year, Fuxian Lake occurred at least three from drowning accident, a total of four people were killed.

Fuxian Lake every year, many drowning accidents in the past two years handling over 30 cases. “River City police station, police said Lee, drowning, mostly foreign tourists, locals rarely A drowning accident occurred. The Fuxian special hydrological conditions, the foreign tourists to swim in the case do not understand the Fuxian Lake water level in the environment, or overconfident, prone to drowning accidents.

he said, Fuxian Lake highland lakes to swim from the bathing physical exertion, especially for visitors to the plains, until found physically frail, often already too late. Coupled with the water temperature is low, on Fuxian unable to adapt to tourists after it was launched susceptible to accidents. In addition, Fuxian lake deep and shallow water depth has 50 m, and most of the more than 100 m, Lake in the lush aquatic plants, water conditions are more complex.

water rescue efforts expand the very difficult

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In recent years, the media has repeatedly reported Fuxian Lake tourists drowning accident frequency of the message, but to Today, the phenomenon has not yet eased, there have been tourists killed in Fuxian Lake news came out. Fuxian Lake region there are serious deficiencies not only in the bodies of the victims salvage work, also appear to place above the tourist life safety protection.

According to earlier media reports, the first professional rescue teams in Yunnan Province and the whole southwest region, was established six years, Paul charge Scenic Area Water rescue center, the face of the Fuxian Lake drowning accident. The problem still was difficult, with little success of the rescue work.

Previously, in an interview, the director of the Center of the rescue Xie Zhidong said water rescue center there is the hardware facilities and the lack of staff on various issues, water rescue work very difficult commence.

reporters on the elderly drowning incidents contact Lu charge Scenic Area water rescue center. The center staff said that they did not receive rescue requests, the accident occurred are the jurisdiction of the rescue teams of the river towns, the specific circumstances they do not know.

It is understood that the Fuxian Lake only two water rescue team, owned by Yuxi Municipal Bureau of Tourism Management, but the reporters call Yuxi Municipal Bureau of Tourism telephone will always be in no one answered.