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65 evacuated from quake debris
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By 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, the professional rescuers had evacuated 65 people from debris after a massive earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon.

As of 6:00 a.m., the Chinese International Rescue Team had evacuated 23 people from debris, the Sichuan Provincial Rescue Team evacuated 27 people and Chongqing Municipal Rescue Team evacuated 15 people, said deputy director of State Seismological Bureau Liu Yuchen here Wednesday.

(Xinhua News Agency May 14, 2008)
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