Hanoi Fire Police use special function vehicles to clean up roads after prolonged flooding

• Hanoi police makes major efforts to help flood-affected people
• Police forces make special efforts to help flood-affected people
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On August 8, when floodwater almost receded, the Hanoi Fire Police Department’s Division 9 deployed special function vehicles to Tan Tien and Nam Phuong Tien communes in Chuong My district to help residents to clean up trash and mud left behind.

The area had been submerged 1.5 meters deep under water after heavy downpours triggered severe floods in many parts of the district since July.

According to the unit, 20 officers and 2 field pumps were also mobilized to the flood-hit area, to help local residents clean up the roads and houses.

The Hanoi Fire Police Department’s Division 9 on August 8 sent special function vehicles to clean up mud and debris left by the recent prolonged flooding in Chuong My district..

Firefighters said that only high-pressure water jets could clear off the mud and earth long-stuck on the road.

Mud and earth are cleared off the road.

Bird-eye view of the lean inter-commune road in Nam Phuong Tien.

Firefighters of Division 9 and 2 are cleaning the road.