Yinchuan gas explosion caused 31 deaths and 7 injuries! You must know these life-threatening firefighting knowledge!

On the evening of June 21, a gas explosion occurred in a barbecue restaurant in Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia. As of 8 a.m. on June 22, the accident caused 31 deaths and 7 injuries, which is heartbreaking.

During holidays and weekends, relatives and friends often choose to dine at roadside restaurants, and the "nine small places" such as restaurants, shops, etc. along the street have a large number of orders. While providing convenience for food, clothing, housing and transportation, these places are prone to problems such as "many flammable materials, weak management, and three-in-one", which also poses potential safety hazards.

Big accidents may happen in "small places". During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, we must be vigilant against big accidents in small places.

Case 1

At around 2:17 am on April 7, a fire broke out in a storefront at Huazhong Auto Parts City on Feihe Road, Baohe District, Hefei City, Anhui Province. The fire was extinguished at around 2:40 am. The burning materials were sundries from the auto repair shop. The burned area was about 70 square meters. The fire caused a total of 3 deaths.

Case 2

On September 28, 2022, a major fire accident occurred in a restaurant in Changchun City, Jilin Province, killing 17 people and injuring 3 people. Preliminary investigations showed that the restaurant violated regulations in the "gas to oil" transformation, did not carry out the construction in a closed state as required, and chose to carry out the construction work during peak business hours and crowded hours, illegally and risked the use of fire, and some windows were blocked by advertising plaques and anti-theft windows, which eventually led to the tragedy.

Case 3

At about 3 a.m. on June 25, 2021, a fire broke out in a martial arts hall on North Street, Yuanxiang Town, Zhecheng County, Henan Province, killing 18 people and injuring 11. The fire was caused by the careless use of mosquito coils by Yu Mouzhi, the mother of Chen Mou, the owner of the martial arts hall.

Case 4

On July 26, 2021, a fire broke out in a street shop in Otog Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. It is understood that this is a shop selling daily necessities. The fire broke out in the corridor leading to the second floor upstairs, killing 5 people and injuring 13 people.

Case 5

At 6:14 a.m. on February 16, 2021, a fire broke out at Fukang Cake Shop in Gejin Community, Yucheng City, Shandong Province, killing seven people and injuring one. The fire was caused by butter candles igniting the shrine and surrounding combustibles.

Case 6

At about 2 a.m. on June 26, 2019, a fire broke out in a street shop in a residential area of ​​Tanzhou Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. The fire area was about 10 square meters, killing 6 people. According to the investigation, the cause of the fire was an electrical fault at the cash register at the entrance of the shop, which ignited the surrounding combustibles. The victims all died of suffocation due to thick smoke.

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What are the “nine small places”?

1. Shopping Places

Small shopping malls (shops, markets) with a floor area of ​​less than 300 square meters;

2. Dining places

Small restaurants with a rated dining capacity of less than 100 people;

3. Accommodation

Small hotels with less than 50 beds;

4. Public entertainment venues

Small public entertainment venues located on the first, second or third floors of a building with a construction area of ​​less than 200 square meters;

5. Leisure and fitness venues

Small leisure and fitness places such as bathing, foot massage, beauty salon, bar, tea house, chess and card room, coffee shop, fitness club, etc. with a building area of ​​less than 200 square meters;

6. Medical facilities

Township health centers, subdistrict health centers, community health centers, and other small hospitals (clinics), sanatoriums, nursing homes, and welfare homes with less than 30 beds;

7. Teaching places

Boarding schools, nurseries and kindergartens with less than 50 beds; non-boarding schools with less than 500 students, and non-boarding nurseries and kindergartens with less than 100 students;

8. Manufacturing and processing enterprises

Small production and processing enterprises with a total number of employees of less than 50 or with collective dormitories for employees of less than 30;

**9. Sales and storage places of flammable and explosive dangerous goods

Places for selling and storing flammable and explosive dangerous goods with a building area of ​​less than 100 square meters.

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Safety hazards in “nine small places”

1. There are many flammable and combustible materials.

2. Large amounts of fire, electricity and gas are used.

3. The construction is not standardized and the fire resistance level is low.

4. Safety responsibilities are not implemented and management is chaotic.

5. Personnel have a weak awareness of fire safety.

6. Insufficient fire-fighting facilities and poor escape capabilities.

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Strictly implement the "seven prohibitions" for fire safety

1. It is strictly prohibited to install electrical products, gas appliances and their lines and pipelines in violation of regulations, and to use fire, electricity, gas and oil in violation of regulations.

2. It is strictly prohibited to use flammable or combustible sandwich panels for decoration and partitions.

3. It is strictly prohibited to occupy, block, or close evacuation passages and emergency exits, as well as to set up iron fences, billboards, and other obstacles that may affect escape and fire fighting and rescue on exterior doors and windows.

4. It is strictly prohibited to illegally park electric bicycles or charge electric bicycles indoors.

5. It is strictly prohibited to damage, misappropriate, occupy or dismantle or disable fire-fighting facilities and equipment without authorization.

6. It is strictly prohibited to set up accommodation for personnel in violation of regulations.

7. It is strictly prohibited to carry out fire-related operations such as welding and cutting during business hours.

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Safety tips for "Nine Small Venues"

Source: Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China

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