China News Service, Chongqing, August 7 (Peng Yong Zhongyi) A reporter learned from the Third Detachment of the Chongqing Armed Police on duty on the 7th that officers and soldiers of the first squadron of the first squadron on duty in this detachment encountered a spontaneous combustion of a truck on their way back to the camp after completing their mission. The armed police officers and soldiers acted quickly. , And actively assist rescue after eliminating the possibility of greater explosion.
Since August, the temperature in Chongqing has continued to rise. At the time of the incident, the first squadron of the first squadron of the third detachment of the armed police on duty in Chongqing encountered a traffic jam on the G50 highway 5 kilometers away from the Yanjia service area in the Changshou District. Chen Qianyang, the captain of the brigade, who led the task force, found smoke billowing 50 meters in front of the convoy, and quickly moved forward through the emergency lane to the site of the incident. After arriving at the scene, I saw a van spontaneously igniting, and the driver was hurriedly getting the parcel out of the car. The situation was very urgent.
The picture shows the armed police, traffic police, and enthusiastic people participating in the fire fighting at the scene. Photo by Peng Yong
The armed police officers and soldiers immediately asked the driver about the situation, determined that there were no large-scale flammable and explosive materials on the vehicle, and ruled out the possibility of a greater explosion, and then quickly called the 119 rescue call.
After further inspection, the officers and soldiers at the scene preliminarily determined that the cause of the fire was probably due to the continuous high temperature weather in Chongqing, coupled with the fact that the express boxes are flammable products, a large amount of accumulation and long-distance transportation made it impossible to dissipate heat, which in turn caused spontaneous combustion.
The picture shows the armed police cleaning the burning cargo in the carriage. Photo by Peng Yong
When the surrounding traffic jams saw armed police officers and soldiers participating in the rescue, they took the initiative to put out the fire extinguisher in the car to help put out the fire. Through the joint efforts of everyone, the open flame was temporarily controlled, and the officers and soldiers and enthusiastic car owners took out mineral water to pour mineral water on the burning part of the carriage to further reduce the temperature and narrow the scope of the open flame.
Twenty minutes later, local fire rescue forces arrived at the scene. Armed police officers and enthusiastic people assisted the firefighters in opening the side door of the van, clearing all the goods accumulated on the side door, and using water guns to extinguish the fire. About 5 minutes later, the open flame was extinguished. According to statistics, about 1,000 pieces of cargo in the carriage were all damaged, and no one was injured at the scene.