Three road management bureau employees killed in avalanche while removing snow in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region - Chinese report

Three employees of the Qaba branch of the regional road management bureau were killed in an avalanche while clearing snow from roads around the Kanas Scenic Area in the Altai region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
According to the Emergency Management Bureau of Burchin District, Altai Region, three members of the road management bureau were caught in an avalanche while clearing snow at around 7:30 p.m. (local time) on the 11th, and contact was lost.
say. Heavy snow has continued in the area since the 6th of this month, and avalanches occurred in several places near the road leading to the Kanas Scenic Area, blocking traffic. More than 4,800 residents and tourists visit the scenic area.
It was stopped. Three employees of the Kaba branch of the Altai District Road Administration Office began clearing snow using snowplows at 10 a.m. on the 11th. On the same night, the three people could not be contacted, and police and civilian rescue teams were unable to contact them.
A total of 21 people were involved in the search. At around 1:50 a.m. on the 12th, a snowplow was found buried in the snow about 17 kilometers away from the scene. One person in the driver's seat was found and pronounced dead at the scene.
It has been certified. The bodies of two people were found in the snow that poured into the snow removal site around 4:30 p.m. on the 14th.