Firefighters rescued stranded vehicles and trapped motorists due to a heavy snowstorm in northern China.

The video, shot in the city of Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia on March 15, shows rescue vehicles driving to save motorists in their cars through strong snow with extremely low visibility.

In another clip, dozens of vehicles got stranded on a snow-covered road and firefighters used shovels and their bare hands to dig the snow away from their cars before helping push the vehicles to move.

According to reports, some motorists had been stuck in snow for around seven hours when the firefighters arrived on the site.

After around three hours, 36 vehicles and 110 trapped motorists were saved and the 3-kilometre-long road covered by thick snow has been broken through successfully.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

3月15日，受恶劣风雪天气影响，内蒙古呼伦贝尔市海拉尔区多个车辆及人员被困近7个小时。
接到报警后，呼伦贝尔市消防救援支队紧急调派支队特勤三站及支队全勤指挥部共6车28人前往救援。到达现场后发现，暴风雪已经导致长达3公里的交通线被积雪覆盖，并且在大风雪的作用下，部分车辆被积雪掩埋的趋势越发严重。此时，个别车辆被困已有7小时，部分车辆因积雪堵塞排气管导致熄火，车内司乘人员已经开始感受到急剧的寒冷，期盼脱困的心情极其迫切。
根据现场情况，救援人员在铲车配合下，从“梗阻”路段的一端着手，一步一步地打通“生命通道”。推进过程中遇到被困车辆，根据具体情况采取车辆拖拽、徒手刨雪、众人推车等各种办法逐一进行解救。整个救援过程历近3个小时，成功打通3公里“梗阻”路段，现场滞留的车辆均被安全有序地疏导到正常路段，成功解救被困车辆36辆，被困人员110人。
（视频由内蒙古台提供）