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China: Family Smashes Through Concrete Road With Excavator to Rescue Trapped Pet Dog

On February 22, 2026, in Meizhou, Guangdong, a Chinese family used an excavator to break through a concrete road to rescue their pet dog trapped in an underground drainage pipe. After digging through layers of concrete and clearing debris, they pulled the dog to safety. The 14-year-old family pet was unharmed and later bathed and fed, resting at home surrounded by relieved relatives.

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China: Boy Rescues Dog From Muddy Pond Using Excavator

A Chinese boy helped rescue a dog that had fallen into a muddy pond in Shandong on February 6, 2026. Using an excavator, the boy was carefully lowered toward the trapped dog and successfully lifted it to safety.

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China: Dog Trapped in Sewer for Over 20 Hours Rescued Unharmed in Hunan

On December 14, 2025, in Hunan Province, China, a man used an excavator to break open concrete and safely rescue a white dog that had been trapped in a sewer for over 20 hours after a neighbor heard it whimpering from beneath the road. According to the owner, the ground surface was restored to its original condition following the rescue.

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China: Excavator Scoops Water From Pond to Contain Loader Fire

On October 16, 2025, in Guangdong, located in southern China, a dramatic rescue unfolded near a construction site. An excavator scooped a full bucket of water from a pond and rushed toward a nearby loader that had caught fire. The operator skillfully poured the water over the burning vehicle, instantly covering the flames and sending up thick smoke. The quick action prevented further damage.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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Sidoarjo School Building Collapse - Indonesi

An aerial drone photo taken on on October 5, 2025 shows rescuers working with an excavator at the site of a collapsed school building in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia. The death toll from the collapse of a building of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, has risen to 60 after search and rescue teams recovered 11 more bodies on Monday, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

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China: People Rescue Horse Trapped in Swamp With Excavator in Yunnan

A group of men rescued a horse stuck in a freezing swamp in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, on June 11, 2025. After hours trapped and too weak to move, the horse was freed with the help of an excavator.

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Greece: Severe Storms Batter Cyclades, Triggering Flooding 4

Severe weather with heavy rainfall hit the Cyclades, the island group southeast of mainland Greece on Monday, March 31, triggering widespread flooding. Authorities imposed a traffic ban on the islands of Paros and Mykonos due to the severe flooding.

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CHINA-SHAANXI-BAOJI-TORRENTIAL RAINS-RESCUE EFFORTS (CN)

(240720) -- BAOJI, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An excavator clears sludge in a river in Baoji City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2024. Five people have been confirmed dead and eight others are still missing after torrential rains hit the city of Baoji since Tuesday, local authorities said Friday. Heavy downpours lashed Baoji between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday, with its main urban areas experiencing a record-high daily precipitation since meteorological records began. The heavy rainfall has caused mountain torrents and damaged roads. A total of 7,848 people have been relocated. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-HUNAN-PINGJIANG COUNTY-FLOOD-RESCUE & RELIEF (CN)

(240702) -- CHANGSHA, July 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo shows an excavator working to restore a blocked road in Sanshi Town of Pingjiang county, central China's Hunan Province, July 2, 2024. The flooding water in Pingjiang county is gradually declining. As of 6 p.m. on July 2, the water level of Pingjiang watch station of the Miluo River was 76.18 meters, still 5.68 meters above the warning mark, but 1.49 meters lower than the peak level. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Sihan)

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Reconstruction After Flood in Guangxi

LIUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 2, 2024 - A rescue worker drives an excavator to remove debris from a landslide at Si 'an village in Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, July 2, 2024.

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CHINA-ANHUI-RAINFALL (CN)

(240627) -- HUANGSHAN, June 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wang Huiping drives an excavator to clear a road hit by a landslide in Tunxi District, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, June 25, 2024. As persistent heavy rainfall hit Huangshan City of Anhui Province recently, personnel of different sectors have been mobilized for rescue and relief work. China's national observatory on Thursday renewed an orange alert for rainstorms as heavy rainfall is expected to continue to lash several regions of the country, including Anhui Province. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fu Tian)

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CHINA-ANHUI-RAINFALL (CN)

(240627) -- HUANGSHAN, June 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huiping drives an excavator to clear a road hit by a landslide in Tunxi District, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, June 25, 2024. As persistent heavy rainfall hit Huangshan City of Anhui Province recently, personnel of different sectors have been mobilized for rescue and relief work. China's national observatory on Thursday renewed an orange alert for rainstorms as heavy rainfall is expected to continue to lash several regions of the country, including Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Fu Tian)

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Russian troops shell Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 23, 2024 - Rescuers search for people under the rubble at a residential building damaged in the Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. As reported, the Russian missile strike which took place Tuesday morning, January 23, has claimed the lives of seven people and has left 63 people injured in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

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PAKISTAN-KARACHI-GAS CYLINDER-BLAST

(231218) -- KARACHI (PAKISTAN), Dec. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator removes debris at the site of a gas cylinder blast in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 18, 2023. At least three people were killed and around 12 others severely injured on Monday in the gas cylinder blast in a building in Karachi, the rescue service said. (Str/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-KARACHI-GAS CYLINDER-BLAST

(231218) -- KARACHI (PAKISTAN), Dec. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator removes debris at the site of a gas cylinder blast in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 18, 2023. At least three people were killed and around 12 others severely injured on Monday in the gas cylinder blast in a building in Karachi, the rescue service said. (Str/Xinhua)

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(FOCUS)MOROCCO-AL HAOUZ-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230913) -- AL HAOUZ , Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator clears earthquake debris in Al Haouz Province, Morocco, Sept. 12, 2023. The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,901, and the injuries to 5,530, according to the latest statement released by the Moroccan government on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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(FOCUS)MOROCCO-AL HAOUZ-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230913) -- AL HAOUZ , Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator clears earthquake debris in Al Haouz Province, Morocco, Sept. 12, 2023. The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,901, and the injuries to 5,530, according to the latest statement released by the Moroccan government on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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Earthquake Death Toll Rises To More Than 2600 - Morocco

An excavator works to rescue earthquake victims on September 11, 2023 in Talat N'yakoub, Al Haouz province, Marrakech-Safi region, Morocco. The earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the open Richter scale shook the country on the night of September 8 and the number of victims it has caused, according to the count carried out until 15.00 local time (GMT 1), is 2,681 dead and 2,501 injured, according to a note from the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior. It is not ruled out that the number of victims will increase due to the high number of injured and the search for more possible victims in the rubble. The province of Al Hauz is the most affected by the earthquake, which is already considered the deadliest natural disaster recorded in Morocco in recent decades. Photo by Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Man saves fellow villager from rushing water in NE China

STORY: Man saves fellow villager from rushing water in NE China DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: WUCHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. a man risked his life to save a fellow villager trapped in floodwater in Wuchang City STORYLINE: A video about a man risking his life to save a fellow villager trapped in floodwater in Wuchang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has gone viral on China's social media. The video shows that an excavator operator was swept away by flash floods, and another villager took a rubber ring and a wooden board, trying to reach the trapped man. The rescue took a few minutes, with both men safely ashore. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wuchang, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-BEIJING-MENTOUGOU-FLOOD-RESCUE (CN)

(230801) -- BEIJING, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator removes debris and litter from a bridge in Shuiyuzui Village in flood-hit Mentougou District, Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 1, 2023. Several districts in the city, including the hardest-hit Fangshan and Mentougou, maintained the highest-level alert for flood control on Tuesday, as downpours will continue, the city's flood control authorities said. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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PAKISTAN-TORKHAM-LANDSLIDE

(230418) -- TORKHAM, April 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator removes debris at a landslide site in northwest Pakistan's Torkham on April 18, 2023. Eight people were injured and scores of others went missing under the rubbles following a land sliding at the Torkham border in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, rescue sources said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-EARTHQUAKES-RESCUE EFFORTS

(230220) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator clears earthquake debris in Antakya in the southern province of Hatay, Türkiye, Feb. 14, 2023. Turkish authorities have almost completed search and rescue work nearly two weeks after massive earthquakes that claimed more than 40,000 lives in the country, a Turkish disaster agency said Sunday. Search and rescue are still underway in 40 buildings of two heavily-damaged southern provinces, Hatay and Kahramanmaras, head of Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) Yunus Sezer, said at a press conference. Works in the other quake-hit regions now focused on debris removal, sheltering the homeless, and infrastructure preparations, the AFAD chief said. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE FORCES

(230207) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A driver (R) is seen during an interview with Xinhua on a road from Istanbul to Ankara in Türkiye, Feb. 6, 2023. He said he's driving a heavy excavator to Gaziantep province and will participate in rescue efforts. The death toll from Monday's earthquakes in Türkiye has risen to 3,381, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Rescue efforts for trapped miners in Chile

COPIACO, Chile - Rescue workers operate an excavator to reach and save miners trapped in a coal mine around Copiaco in northern Chile on Sept. 2, 2010. (Pool photo)

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INDONESIA-WEST JAVA-CIANJUR-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(221122) -- CIANJUR, Nov. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker operates an excavator during search operations after an earthquake at Mangunkerta village in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Nov. 22, 2022. A total of 162 people were killed after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, officials said. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)

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Death toll in train derailment in Iran rises to 17

STORY: Death toll in train derailment in Iran rises to 17 DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. aerial views of the accident site STORYLINE: The death toll in a passenger train derailment in eastern Iran on Wednesday increased to 17, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has put the number of the wounded at 50. The incident occurred at 5:30 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) as the train was moving from the eastern city of Tabas to the central province of Yazd, the agency quoted Mehdi Valipour, head of the IRCS's Rescue and Relief Organization, as saying. Teams of rescuers have been dispatched to the site of the incident, which is located 50 kilometers off Tabas, he said, adding ambulances and helicopters have been sent to the site. There were 348 people on board the train, the official news agency IRNA reported. The train colliding with an excavator parked along the railroad was reportedly to be

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PLANE CRASH-RESCUE (CN)

(220322) -- NANNING, March 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with a mobile phone shows an excavator opening a way to a plane crash site in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 22, 2022. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft with 132 people aboard, which departed from Kunming and was bound for Guangzhou, crashed into a mountainous area near the Molang village in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou at 2:38 p.m., causing a mountain fire, according to the regional emergency management department. The rescue is underway. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PLANE CRASH-RESCUE (CN)

(220322) -- NANNING, March 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with a mobile phone shows an excavator opening a way to a plane crash site in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 22, 2022. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft with 132 people aboard, which departed from Kunming and was bound for Guangzhou, crashed into a mountainous area near the Molang village in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou at 2:38 p.m., causing a mountain fire, according to the regional emergency management department. The rescue is underway. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

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Rescue efforts for trapped miners in Chile

COPIACO, Chile - Rescue workers operate an excavator to reach and save miners trapped in a coal mine around Copiaco in northern Chile on Sept. 2, 2010. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)