Kindergarten teachers rush children out to safety as earthquake hits Sichuan

(ECNS) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Luding County in Sichuan Province on Monday.

At the moment when the quake happened, teachers who were having lunch in a kindergarten immediately rushed to classrooms and dormitories, evacuating children and taking them to safety.

There were 270 children and 40 teaching staff in the kindergarten.