China News Service, Chongqing, December 30 (Reporter Liu Xianglin) Chen Weichao, the attorney attorney in the "1.1 Fire" civil litigation compensation case in the California Garden District, Yubei District, Chongqing, confirmed to the China News reporter on the 30th that the case has been in Chongqing, Chongqing. The North District People’s Court opened a trial, and 11 plaintiffs claimed more than 3.4 million yuan from 6 defendants, including the owner of the fire channel and the property company.

  On January 1 this year, a fire broke out in Building A4, California Garden Community, Yubei District, Chongqing City.

According to the Yubei Fire Recognition (2020) No. 0002 "Fire Accident Recognition" made by the Fire Rescue Detachment of Yubei District, Chongqing City, the fire broke out at around 16:42 on January 1, 2020, and the fire was located in California The fire broke out at the balcony of the 2-5 house in Building A4, Garden District. The cause of the fire was that Yang, who was rented in the house 2-5, accidentally ignited the quilt, and discarded the quilt that was not completely extinguished on the balcony. The quilt was covered. Ignite the surrounding combustible debris and cause a fire.

  The fire has an area of ​​approximately 970 square meters, and each floor of Room 5 and Room 6 of Building A4 in California Garden Community was destroyed by the fire to varying degrees.

The "Fire Accident Recognition" identified the loss as 3.741 million yuan, and the Yu Henghe Ju (2020) No. 201 Asset Evaluation Report and the "Supplementary Explanation" issued by Chongqing Henghe Asset Appraisal Co., Ltd. revised the loss to 3,939,700 yuan.

  The fire caused property losses to more than 60 owners. 13 owners of the affected households successively filed lawsuits. Among them, 11 owners jointly hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit against 6 defendants.

The six defendants are: the first defendant Chongqing California Property Services Co., Ltd.; the second defendant is Yang XX, who caused the fire and is suspected of the crime of fire; the third and fourth defendants are Yang XX's employer and lease the building A4 of California Garden Community Room 2-5 is the restaurant operator Zhou and Guo of the staff dormitory; the fifth defendant is the owner of the private car who occupied the fire exit and parking; the sixth defendant is the room 2-5 of the A4 building in the California Garden Community that caused the fire. The owner Ran Mou.

  Lawyer Chen Weichao from Chongqing Kunyuan Hengtai Law Firm, who represented the case, told reporters that the fire damage was caused by the fault of multiple people. According to the relevant provisions of the Tort Liability Law and other laws and regulations, the plaintiff required the six defendants to bear the joint and several infringement. responsibility.

  Chen Weichao said that the fire was extinguished after more than 3 hours. The property company did not find out immediately. At the same time, the property's firefighting force was weak, which made it impossible to rescue in time; the relevant isolation pillars set up by the property company in the community hindered fire rescue vehicles. Entering the community will eventually lead to a long burning time and a large overfire area.

Therefore, the property company was listed as the first defendant.

The employer of Yang XX and the owner of the fire room who were suspected of the crime of fire did not fulfill their responsibilities for informing the fire protection precautions, did not impart fire protection knowledge, and did not install fire protection facilities, so they also bear related responsibilities.

  Among the six defendants, the owners of private cars who stopped the fire exits due to parking were particularly noticeable.

Chen Weichao told reporters that the owner was dealt with by the public security organs afterwards, indicating that the owner was at fault and was responsible for the fire.

The owner of the car parked the private car in the fire channel, which in fact prevented the fire truck from entering the community, resulting in the fire cannot be extinguished in time, and to a certain extent caused the expansion of the fire area, so he also bears related responsibilities.

  Chen Weichao stated that the plaintiff is still doing the appraisal of related losses and will submit the appraisal results as soon as possible.

The case will also be sentenced.