Villagers compensated for rocket debris damage  

嫦娥3號殘骸砸破湖南兩民房 村民分別獲賠

2日凌晨，搭載嫦娥三號的長征三號乙運載火箭發射升空，此后一級火箭殘骸墜落在我省邵陽市綏寧縣。該縣兩戶村民房屋被砸，分別獲得相應賠償。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Two villagers in Suining county of Shaoyang city, Hunan province, have been compensated in the amount of 16,000 yuan (US$2,626) for property damage caused by falling debris from the Long March-3B rocket, the carrier of the Chang'e-3 lunar probe, according to the Xiaoxiang Morning News on Tuesday.[Special coverage]

The rocket blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southwestern Sichuan province at 1:30 a.m. on Monday. Debris from the rocket fell in Suining county nine minutes later, hitting two houses in the village but causing no injuries.

After learning that an area of 700 square meters surrounding the village had been set as the drop zone for rocket debris, the local government arranged over 1,000 people to evacuate the region. 16,000 villagers had been evacuated by 1 a.m. on Monday.

Yang Weihan, owner of a house damaged by rocket debris, got 10,800 yuan in compensation. Another villager named Yuan Shifa received 5,200 yuan.

The rocket debris has already been collected.