SANSHA, July 15, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Ships put out fire on a mock cargo vessel during an emergency drill at seas near Sansha in south China's Hainan Province, July 14, 2016. An emergency drill involving 13 ships and a helicopter was held Thursday morning at seas near Sansha in Hainan, the city's marine bureau said. (Xinhua/Wang Junfeng)
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Emergency drill held in South China Sea
SANSHA, Hainan, July 14 (Xinhua) -- An emergency drill involving 13 ships and a helicopter was held Thursday morning at seas near Sansha in southern China's island province of Hainan, the city's marine bureau said.
It is the first comprehensive emergency drill on such large scale after Sansha was established in 2012. The drill included air-sea search and rescue, emergency treatment and sea fire-fighting. Full story