On the eve of China Dragon Boat Festival, a barbecue restaurant in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was on Wednesday (June 21) LNIIC (liquefied gas tanks) leaked in the evening operation room, causing 31 lives.
Chaos bombing scene
This tragedy took place at 8:40 pm on the 21st, and the accident was located in Xingqing District, Yinchuan, Ningxia.According to reports, this is a well -known shop in Yinchuan for many years.
The live video passed on the Internet showed that the barbecue restaurant was swallowed in the fire, and the black smoke rolled. The glass residue was scattered around the road in front of the restaurant, and the scene was borrowed.
On -site witnesses described that at 8:36 that night, she and her mother suddenly heard a huge explosion at a barbecue restaurant about 50 meters away from the incident.After that, I saw the rolling smoke out of the barbecue restaurant, and two waiters escaped from the barbecue restaurant. One of the waiters was even more scared to fall to the ground.She smelled the smell of gas in the air at the scene, "the taste is particularly strong."
Witnesses said that the first explosion was the gas tank on the first floor of the barbecue restaurant, and then the natural gas pipeline on the second floor also detonated and spread the stairs between the floors.Witnesses said that because the stairs were blown up, it was difficult for people trapped in the second floor of the barbecue restaurant to escape smoothly.
The Yinchuan Municipal Government said at a press conference on Thursday night that due to the collapse of part of the partition wall due to the explosion, the first to two floors was blocked by the collapsed buildings and buildings of the buildings and buildings.Comprehensive search and rescue.
The local fire forces and ambulance arrived at the scene after receiving the alarm, and it took about half an hour to extinguish the fire.As of 2 am on the 22nd, the fire forces were searched and rescued 38 people, and they were all sent to the Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University for rescue.The search and rescue operation ended at 4 am on the 22nd.
The official reported on the morning of the 22nd that 38 of the 38 people were rescued, and 31 were rescued and killed, and seven were injured. One of them was critical, the two were medium to the two, the two were mild, and the two were scratched by glass.At present, the seven people have a stable injury and are not in danger of life.
Surging News reported that a source involved in search and rescue operations said that some of the deceased were high school students, and some were retired elderly people, mostly suffocating death.
This explosion was described as one of the most fatal accidents in China in recent years.
China ’s official on Thursday makes important instructions, requiring full efforts to do a good job of treatment, strengthen safety supervision of key areas in key industries, and effectively protect the safety of the people’ s lives and property.
Liang Yanshun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ningxia Autonomous Region and Director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress, ordered the establishment of an emergency investigation team to investigate the cause of the accident and hold it accountable.
Tao Shaohua, deputy secretary of the Yinchuan Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, also apologized on Thursday, saying that this is the worst safety accident in Ningxia for many years, causing huge losses to the lives and property of the people, the cost is extremely heavy, and the lessons are extremely painful.
Tragedy is avoided?
The cause ofexplosion still needs to be investigated, but from the existing testimony, this tragedy can actually be avoided.
According to the inquiries published by the Ningxia Public Security and Fire Department, Feng Hongjuan, a clerk in the alarm barbecue restaurant, and Ma Chengjun, a kitchen kitchen, said that about one hour before the explosion, they smelled gas leakage and found liquefied gas tanks and found that liquefied gas tanksThe valve is broken.
But the barbecue restaurant did not immediately evacuate the staff in the shop at the time. Instead, let the barbecue barbecue, the barbecue supervisor Li Zhixiang, to buy the valve first, and exploded during the replacement of the valve after returning.This shows that the processing process of barbecue personnel seems to have safe omissions.
Elephant news titles are the comments that ignoring safety or murder that speculate that because they are catching up on the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the passenger flow is very strong. In order to make money, the store is unwilling to evacuate customers. Even when the valve is replaced, the storeThe barbecue is still carried out as usual.The article describes this as a "no money". With the life of dozens of customers as a bet, it eventually created a great tragedy.
After the accident, many Chinese netizens also accused the barbecue shop staff of not doing safety and control, which led to 31 people's innocent death.
Nine people including the Ningxia Public Security Department have controlled nine people including barbecue restaurant, shareholders and staff, and frozen their assets.
China's gas explosion is not uncommon
In fact, similar gas explosions occur every year in China every year.Although the Chinese government has tried to solve the hidden safety hazards of gas use through updating gas pipeline facilities and strengthening safety control over the years, the gas explosion accidents are still frequently issued.
As China moves towards urbanization, the scale of gas in urban and towns has grown rapidly.According to data released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban -Rural Development in July last year, the country's gas population has exceeded 66.7 million, and the penetration rate of urban gas use has reached 97.87%.The gas pipeline is also called "urban lifeline".
However, most of the gas pipelines in China were built 20 years ago. The gas pipelines in many places have now aging to varying degrees, and the construction standards of 20 years ago were low.Factors such as maintenance and update are challenging China's gas safety risk prevention.
Su Jie, director of the Safety Coordination Department of the Ministry of Emergency Department, admitted that in January last year, it was admitted that the gas safety accidents were frequent and frequent. It was mainly affected by factors such as the aging of gas pipelines and "loose and soft" law enforcement in some places.The "14th Five -Year Plan" national emergency system planning documents released in February last year also mentioned that hidden dangers such as gas leakage and explosion have become increasingly prominent.
China City Gas Association announced the National Gas accident analysis report (2022 · Summary of 2022) in February this year shows that there were 802 gas accidents from 802 in China last year, causing 66 people to die and 487 injuries, 10 of which, 10 of which were injured, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, 10 of which were injured, of which 10 were 10, 10 of which were injured, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, of which 10 were 10, 10 of which were injured.For larger accidents (causing more than 10 deaths or more than 10 people or less than 10 people).
In 2021, a total of 1140 gas accidents occurred in China, causing 106 people to die and 763 people injured.From eight.
This means that there are at least two gas accidents every day in China.And China's neighbors Japan only happens every two or three years.By 10 gas explosions.
Agence France -Presse and VOA reports that the reasons for gas accidents in various parts of China are different. In addition to poor implementation of building regulations, it is also related to collusion and corruption in government and business.
For example, in June 2021, 26 people died and 138 were injured in the gas explosion accident in Shiyan, Hubei Province.At that time, the investigation pointed out that the direct cause of the accident was due to the violation of the construction of the building, and the gas pipeline was trapped in a closed space below the building.At the same time, the long -term humidity of the river causes the corrosion of the pipeline. The leaked natural gas can only flow in the closed space. In the end, the Mars contact with the cigarettes discharged from the catering merchant to form an explosive mixed gas, which causes tragedy.
The official report said that the accident exposed the formation of hidden dangers, the hidden dangers could not be investigated and rectified, the property management was chaotic, and the on -site emergency response was not proper. A total of 82 people were punished in the accident.
In addition, a severe explosion accident occurred in a chemical plant in Tianjin in 2015, causing 173 people to die, becoming the most serious explosion in China in recent years.At that time, many local officials were accused of collecting bribes and hazardous chemicals that did not review the qualifications of operating qualifications, which caused accidents.
How to create a safe dining table?
Maybe aware of the long -term safety hazards of gas, and Chinese officials have taken some actions in recent years.
China Emergency Department announced in February last year to increase its investment. During the "14th Five -Year Plan" (2021 to 2025), it was updated and transformed an old gas pipeline of about 100,000 kilometers.
China Emergency Department instructions should guide the construction of key cities across the country to accelerate the construction of a comprehensive monitoring and early warning platform for urban safety risks, so that the risks of gas and related urban lifestyles can be "monitoring, warning, and fast disposal" in various localities.Essence
Regarding the "loose and soft" issue of law enforcement, the official also proposed to compact emergency management responsibilities, including strengthening the responsibility of party and government responsibilities, one position and two responsibilities, unified management, and losing responsibility.system.
After the official voice, Beijing, Hainan, Xi'an, Heilongjiang and other places have successively deployed urban gas safety inspection and rectification work since the beginning of last year to comprehensively investigate and rectify the hidden dangers of gas safety.
In addition, China Gas Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (referred to as China Gas) also created the industry's first gas safety live broadcast room in February this year to build gas safety defense lines for the public's popular gas safety knowledge and how to make full use of scientific and technological means.
Whether these efforts can be effective have not yet been concluded.However, the accident really caused the Chinese people's safety doubts about the use of gas, because "the safety of production safety, the tragedy of the accident is every year."
Some Chinese netizens also posted on Weibo that all barbecue restaurants across the country should stop business and rectify, "profit should not be used by people's blood."
How to summarize the lessons of every gas explosion accident, avoid the same tragedy next time, and give me a safe dining table for diners to test the wisdom of regulators, industry, and the people.
It's just at the moment, when you see a similar accident together and have similar explosions, the Chinese people will inevitably have shadows in their hearts.As a netizen said: "Now every time I go to the store to eat, I must first look at the hidden dangers of the escape route."
