At about 15:35 on March 30, 2020, a forest fire broke out on the Pijiashan ridge at the junction of Jingjiu Township and Anha Town, Xichang City, Liangshan Prefecture. During the rescue process, the wind direction of the fire site suddenly increased, the wind increased sharply, the circuit was cut off by the flying fire, and self-rescue Failure, resulting in 19 people who participated in the fire fighting died and 3 people were injured.
This forest fire caused a total area of 3047.7805 hectares of various types of land burned. Comprehensive calculation of the affected forest area was 791.6 hectares, and the direct economic loss was 97,311,200 yuan.
In order to fully identify the cause of the fire, learn from the painful lessons, draw inferences from one another, and take practical measures to resolutely prevent and avoid similar incidents from happening again, the provincial party committee and the provincial government decided to establish the provincial government's Xichang "3·30" forest fire incident investigation team ( Hereinafter referred to as the investigation team), from the Department of Emergency Management, the Department of Public Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Civil Affairs, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, the Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau, the Provincial Meteorological Bureau, and the Sichuan Supervision Office of the National Energy Administration to send personnel to Liangshan The "3·30" forest fire incident in Xichang City, prefecture was investigated at the scene; the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection established the "3·30" forest fire accountability group in Xichang City to conduct simultaneous investigations.
At the same time, the Provincial Procuratorate was invited to send personnel to participate in the investigation.
Power experts from outside the province, the Provincial Forestry and Grassland Investigation and Planning Institute, and the Provincial Institute of Safety Science and Technology were invited to form an expert group to participate in the investigation.
The investigation team has always adhered to the principle of "scientific and rigorous, compliant with laws and regulations, seeking truth from facts, and focusing on actual results", closely following the concerns of the broad masses of people and public opinion.
Entrust relevant scientific research institutions or third-party institutions to conduct tests, inspections and inspections through on-site surveys, investigations and inquiries, data access, drone aerial photography, retrieval of relevant data, and the commissioning of relevant scientific research institutions or third-party institutions for combustible load capacity, reserved drainage line wind pendulum, and disaster determination , Investigation and evaluation, expert argumentation, comprehensive analysis, etc., ascertained the incident, the cause, the area of forest damage and direct economic loss, identified the nature of the incident, distinguished the responsibilities, and proposed the accountability and corrective measures for the relevant responsible units and individuals The proposal formed the "3·30" Forest Fire Investigation Report in Xichang City, Liangshan Prefecture, which was approved by the provincial government.
After investigation, the direct cause of the "3·30" forest fire in Xichang City, Liangshan Prefecture was the direct cause of the fire: the reserved drainage line of No. 1 conductor (approximately 1.9 meters in length) erected by the 110 kV Madao substation 10 kV radio line 85-1 pole. , Under the action of specific wind direction and wind force, it overlaps with the pole cross arm support frame, forming a permanent grounding discharge fault (duration 16 minutes and 3 seconds), causing the aluminum metal of the wire body to melt and the insulating material to ignite and burn during the scattering process. The weeds and shrubs on the ground at the base of the middle ignition pole were spread by wind.
The nature of the fire is: a forest fire caused by a power failure caused by a specific wind direction.
From the investigation, it was found that Liangshan Prefecture and Xichang City have not implemented the relevant deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee, the State Council and the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government in time and in place. The idea of "life first and safety first" has not been fundamentally established, and there is time for the implementation of responsibilities. Documents, the operability, pertinence, and scientific nature of the forest fire emergency plan are not strong, the forest and grassland fire-fighting infrastructure has many historical debts, the construction is lagging, and the implementation of both symptoms and root causes is not effective.
Especially after the "3·30" forest fire in Xichang City, the initial treatment was not standardized. Due to insufficient preparation, rush into battle, and lack of response, individual cadres neglected their duties and responsibilities, especially the untimely, inaccurate, and unsmooth transmission of instructions, causing the fire The firefighting coordination was not in place, and the firefighting helicopter was not fully effective due to special weather. In the absence of expert judgment and the fire situation was unknown, the firefighting was organized rashly, resulting in a tragic incident of heavy casualties of firefighters.
On the basis of in-depth investigations, the investigation team put forward recommendations for accountability, which were transferred to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, judicial organs and relevant industry authorities for further verification.
After the investigation team reported to the provincial government for approval and consent, Yu Shunkai, a member of the Madao area of the rural power grid comprehensive group of Xichang Madao Power Supply Station and a 10kV radio line construction site safety officer, was transferred to the judicial organs for criminal responsibility according to law; Liangshan Anning Power Supply Company Six other companies were given administrative penalties in accordance with the law; 16 responsible personnel of related companies including Yang Changxiong, the leader of the Madao Line Inspection Team of the State Grid Liangshan Prefecture Anning Power Supply Company, and other related companies were given disciplinary or organizational treatment and economic penalties.
After reviewing and investigating by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and reporting to the Provincial Party Committee for approval, it was decided to instruct 12 units including the Liangshan Prefectural Party Committee and the Xichang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to conduct in-depth inspections and make serious rectifications; 25 party members from the prefectures, cities, towns and related units Leading cadres and public officials shall be held accountable in accordance with regulations and disciplines.
The investigation team started with the spirit of "General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and instructions, deeply learned the lessons of the '3·30' forest fire incident for two consecutive years, effectively shouldered the political responsibility of ensuring the safety of one party, and established a scientific and effective concept of forest fire prevention and fire fighting. 16 aspects, including strengthening the management and control of fire sources in forest areas during periods of high fire risk, thoroughly investigating and rectifying forest fire hazards, scientifically formulating and implementing forest fire emergency plans, have proposed prevention and rectification measures for forest and grassland fire prevention in Liangshan Prefecture.
The provincial party committee and government requested that the "March 30" Forest Fire Incident Investigation Report in Xichang City, Liangshan Prefecture be printed and distributed to relevant municipal (prefecture) and provincial-level departments, organized and carried out warning education, learned profound lessons, and rectified problems in earnest, and implemented conscientiously Responsible, do a solid job in the special rectification of forests and grasslands in the province to prevent similar incidents from happening again, avoid repeating the same mistakes, and do everything possible to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.