China News Service, Nanjing, February 24 (Xu Shanshan) The Nanjing Municipal Government held a press conference in the early morning of the 24th to report that as of 24:00 on the 23rd, a fire accident in a residential building in Mingshang Xiyuan, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing killed 15 people and another 44 people. Receive treatment in hospital.

On the 23rd, the scene after the fire in Building 6, Mingshang Xiyuan, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing.

Photo by China News Service reporter Yang Bo

　　Unit 2 of Building 6 of Mingshang Xiyuan Community where the fire occurred has 256 households and 762 residents.

　　According to the report of the Nanjing Fire Rescue Detachment, at 4:39 on the 23rd, the Nanjing Fire Rescue Detachment Command Center received an alarm that a fire broke out in Building 6, Mingshang Xiyuan, Yuhuatai District, and then quickly mobilized 8 fire rescue stations and 25 fire trucks. , 130 commanders and fighters arrived at the scene to deal with it. The open fire was extinguished at about 6 o'clock, and the on-site search and rescue work ended at about 14 o'clock.

After preliminary analysis, the fire was caused by a fire in the electric bicycle parking area on the elevated floor of 6 buildings. The specific cause is under further investigation.

　　After the accident, the local area urgently relocated and resettled the affected residents.

In addition to some residents going to the homes of relatives and friends, as of 24:00 on the 23rd, the local area has arranged 229 rooms in 5 hotels, housing a total of 516 affected residents.

　　Tang Bocai, director of the Nanjing Municipal Health Commission, said that the Nanjing Emergency Center dispatched 9 ambulances to the scene at 4:50, and a total of 32 ambulances were dispatched throughout the day to transport the injured to Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing BenQ Hospital and Jiangsu Province People's Hospital.

According to the person in charge of the Nanjing Municipal Government, among the 44 people receiving treatment in the hospital, 1 is in critical condition, 1 is in severe condition, and 42 are in minor condition. All patients' vital signs are stable.

　　At present, more than 30 experts in respiratory, critical illness, burns and psychology are forming a treatment expert group to consult with the injured one by one and guide medical institutions to provide treatment.

Special diagnosis and treatment plans are formulated for critical cases, and each person is assigned a team of medical staff to carry out treatment.

Most of the 42 patients with minor injuries had inhalation injuries caused by inhaling thick smoke at the fire scene. After admission, they were all given ECG monitoring, oxygen inhalation, atomization, airway antispasmodic, fluid replenishment, and infection prevention. Some patients were given hyperbaric oxygen therapy and professional arrangements were made. The staff provided psychological counseling, and the vital signs of all patients are currently stable.

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