Members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, gather before leaving for Myanmar at a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025.
A group of 16 Chinese volunteers set off for the quake-hit Myanmar on Saturday morning to provide assistance in disaster relief and rescue efforts.
The volunteers, all experienced members of the Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team -- a Chinese civil relief squad -- departed from Ruili City in southwest China's Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar, at around 9:30 a.m.
They followed a 37-member rescue team sent by Yunnan Province, which arrived in Myanmar earlier on Saturday morning.
A total of 694 people were killed, 1,670 injured and 68 missing in a deadly earthquake in the Mandalay region of Myanmar as of Saturday morning, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council reported. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
KUNMING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A group of 16 Chinese volunteers set off for the quake-hit Myanmar on Saturday morning to provide assistance in disaster relief and rescue efforts.
The volunteers, all experienced members of the Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team -- a Chinese civil relief squad -- departed from Ruili City in southwest China's Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar, at around 9:30 a.m.
Equipped with emergency relief supplies, including first aid kits, power generation and lighting facilities, and demolition tools, they traveled in a convoy of five vehicles.
"We are the first team and will be followed by a second and a third team," said Gao Hengyi, head of the Ruili branch of BSR.
They followed a 37-member rescue team sent by Yunnan Province, which arrived in Myanmar earlier on Saturday morning.
A total of 694 people were killed, 1,670 injured and 68 missing in a deadly earthquake in the Mandalay region of Myanmar as of Saturday morning, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council reported. ■
Members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, check a vehicle before leaving for Myanmar at a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Vehicles of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, enter Myanmar from a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
A member of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, prepares to enter Myanmar from a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
A vehicle of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, enters Myanmar from a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, prepare to enter Myanmar from a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
