China News Network, Taizhou, June 15 (Reporter Fan Yubin) Liangshan Village, Daxi Town, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, adjacent to the high-speed less than 100 meters, this village of more than 2,000 people, experienced a huge explosion in the evening of June 13, experienced An extremely calm weekend.
At 16:40 on the 13th, at the middle of the lower ramp of the Wenhai West exit of the G15 Shenhai Expressway towards Fujian, a tank truck from Ningbo to Wenzhou suddenly exploded, causing the surrounding residential houses and factories to collapse, causing casualties and property losses.
According to the latest official report from Wenling City, as of 7 o'clock on the 15th, a total of 20 people were killed in the accident. The hospitals are trying their best to treat the wounded, including 24 people with serious injuries and stable vital signs. The large-scale search and rescue work at the scene has basically been completed, and the follow-up search and rescue and various aftercare work are in order.
From the "instant switch" of the homeland to the ruins, after overnight rescue and on-site cleaning, Liangshan Village is gradually recovering its homeland. What happened behind this "flying disaster"? What is the warning?
Photographed by Fan Yubin at the accident rescue site on the night of the 13th
After the outbreak, a reporter from China News rushed to the scene of the accident. At 22:40 that night, the car arrived near Liangshan Village. The reporter saw that the glass doors and windows of the houses and shops along the street were mostly destroyed. The glass ballast was covered with a pungent smell. The twisted and deformed cars were visible along the way. Some villagers are evacuating. At the rescue area of the accident's core block, the lights and life “run away” throughout the night.
"I heard the explosion and immediately went downstairs. When I walked halfway and heard the explosion, the windows and the roof were directly blown away." That night, Uncle Wu, a villager in Liangshan Village, said in shock, "I quickly ran back upstairs, When I saw my granddaughter being injured, I immediately picked her up and sent her to the hospital."
Seeing the homeland turned into ruins, Li Yating, a villager in Liangshan Village, was horrified and sighed, "How could this happen?" she said. At that time, four explosions were heard, and the doors and windows were shattered after the second explosion The air is filled with a pungent smell...
Following the bright light at the scene of the accident rescue, the reporter groped along the village road. The ground was full of broken walls and glass ballast. The scene was messy and shocking. Local fire, public security, armed police, medical services and other forces built a "life channel" at the scene.
A reporter from Chinanews.com saw at the scene that the wreckage of the tank car body was thrown up by the impact of the explosion and fell on the other side of the highway. The branches of the nearby trees were taken away, and the leaves were completely absent. The fence on the side of the highway ramp was severely damaged, and the road surface was black...
Wang Panfeng, deputy head of the fire rescue station of Wanchang Middle Road, Wenling City Fire and Rescue Brigade, was the first vehicle commander to arrive at the rescue. "After we arrived at the scene, a lot of wounded were lying on the highway ramp. 120 was busy carrying the wounded to the ambulance. There were cars burning under the elevated frame, and the scene was in chaos." Wang Panfeng and the team immediately launched emergency rescue , Rescued 13 people in 40 minutes.
During the carpet search and rescue process, "Help, help me!" A faint voice came out of the ruins. I saw a young man lying in the ruins, all covered with blood. Wang Panfeng and the team members moved immediately Open the stone and rescue the man from the ruins. Since then, with the efforts of rescuers, many more trapped people have been rescued.
At 1 o'clock on the 14th, the main rescue team was divided into two groups to search and rescue the damaged houses of Taizhou Jiayi Electromechanical Co., Ltd. factory and Liangshan Village. In front of a collapsed house, villager Lou Dunde stared closely at the rescuers, "This is my home, my parents are in them, they are in their eighties, they can't reach them now, only Can wait for rescue..." Seeing that the parents were alive and dead, he reddened his eyes and kept moving.
A large number of civilian rescue teams came to support this life-breaking run through the night. At about 2 am on the 14th, in the open space outside the rescue site, the reporter saw many civilian rescue teams coming from Taizhou, Wenzhou and other places. After a few hours of hard work, they took a short break. They fell asleep on the floor and were ready to stand by.
The Wenling Haian rescue team was one of the first civilian rescue teams to enter the scene. Team member Chen Rongjun said that their 15 team members quickly searched and rescued the accident scene one by one, and worked with the Red Leopard rescue team to dig bricks by hand. "The house on the scene was seriously damaged. After the large machinery entered the venue, we retreated and stood by, staying up all night."
All the trees and leaves at the accident scene were taken by Fan Yubin
At 9:30 on the 14th, the People's Government of Wenling City held a press conference to notify the accident and said that the local will rescue the wounded at all costs. Intensify psychological counseling for the masses and injured people in the area affected by the accident. For the areas affected by the accident, further investigate hidden safety hazards such as buildings.
In the First People's Hospital of Wenling City, where more wounded were admitted, Cai Haijun, the deputy director of the hospital, said in an interview with a reporter from China News.com that Zhejiang Province, Taizhou City, and Wenling City organized their efforts to rescue the injured. The hospital's oldest critically ill patient is 94 years old, and some patients have a burn area of 95%.
On the 14th, a total of 13 wounded persons were transferred to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine for treatment. The depth of burns was more than 90%. Wang Jian'an, secretary of the party committee of the hospital, said: "For burn patients, follow-up treatment has to go through many stages, including shock, infection, organ damage, etc., and finally the skin repair. Among them, shock and infection are the most important. "
At the resettlement point of the hotel near Daxi Town, Huang Lingjun, a villager of Liangshan Village who had been properly resettled, told reporters that her home was located in the third row of the damaged house, about 300 meters away from the incident. "At that time, my heart was beating! The doors and windows of the house exploded and fell like an earthquake. Fortunately, the family was not injured and hoped to return home earlier."
She was also afraid of Liu Chuntao, who lived in her brother-in-law’s house in Liangshan Village. When the incident occurred, she was working nearby. She learned that she rushed home immediately after the incident. “I saw the crying granny and the blood-stained grandpa. It’s soft, and all the tears came out."
The scene of the accident was disturbed by Fan Yubin
At noon on the 14th, the reporter walked into Liangshan Village again on foot. At 35°C, the rescuer's face was black and red, and the wind and the sand dust made it difficult to open his eyes.
"Check the identity of the casualties again and again, and complete the housing risk assessment today." Under a row of red tents, a few simple tables, chairs, and benches formed the on-site rescue command. A person in charge was hoarse but still arranging tasks, " More than 300 policemen just lined up nearby, and rescue is important. Everyone hasn’t had much rest."
"Flying disaster" breaks the tranquility of the village. Some villagers said that the village is adjacent to the highway, and there are often traffic accidents such as rollovers and rear-end collisions. Regarding the cause of the explosion of the tank truck that was concerned by the outside world, according to the Highway Traffic Police Corps of the Public Security Department of Zhejiang Province, after a preliminary investigation, the tank truck that exploded this time did not come into contact with any vehicle.
According to official reports, the liquefied petroleum gas tanker that exploded this time was licensed as Zhejiang CM9535 (which belongs to Rui'an Ruiyang Dangerous Goods Transportation Co., Ltd.).
Tianyan inspection revealed that Rui'an Ruiyang Dangerous Goods Transportation Co., Ltd. has a total of 14 self-risks, and 4 court announcements and legal proceedings, all of which are caused by motor vehicle traffic accident liability disputes. In addition, from March 17, 2016 to September 13, 2018, the company had 10 pieces of administrative penalty information and was fined a total of RMB 14,100.
Aerial photography of the rescue site of Taizhou Jiayi Electromechanical Co., Ltd. factory photo by Wang Weichen
The tank truck exploded suddenly, causing serious harm. Many villagers in the interview said, "It was like being hit by an "invisible bomb."
Undoubtedly, this major accident reflects the existence of safety loopholes in the field of safe production, especially the transportation of hazardous chemicals. Zhejiang has held a video conference on the emergency work of safety management of the hazardous chemicals road transportation industry on the 14th, and proposed to carry out special actions for the safety inspection and rectification of the hazardous chemicals transportation industry quickly. At the same time, the Zhejiang Provincial Government will form an accident investigation team to investigate the cause of the accident.
On the morning of the 15th, with the substantial completion of the large-scale search and rescue work at the site of Liangshan Village, the sun once again shone on this land, and the sky of the 20 victims was always dark. While the villagers in Liangshan Village are cleaning and rebuilding their homes, perhaps more people are sinking their hearts to reflect, what did an accident expose? (Finish)