China News Service, April 26. According to the WeChat public account "African Overseas Chinese News" of the "Overseas Chinese Weekly" in Africa, at about 15:00 pm local time on April 24, a major fire broke out in Xinda Trade City in the KOKOLO area of ​​Luanda, the capital of Angola. Preliminary estimates of direct economic losses are tens of millions of RMB.

　　According to people involved in the firefighting at the scene, four fire trucks from the local fire department rushed to the scene in about 20 minutes to put out the fire. Almost all the water trucks of Chinese companies in Luanda area rushed to the scene to support the firefighting.

Although the local fire department and support water trucks rushed to the scene to put out the fire, the fire spread quickly and the fire was too large. By 17:00, the fire in the central area could not be extinguished. The fire fighting video on the scene showed that the fire truck was forced to withdraw from the central area. .

Fortunately, in the early stage of fire fighting, the central area was cut off in time, and a special fire water truck was used to monitor the cut off to prevent the fire from spreading.

　　At 19:00, the rescue site sent a message that the fire was basically under control, and the firefighting forces involved in the rescue were withdrawn one after another.

　　According to Tan Yaojun, secretary general of the Chinese Business Federation, who organized the rescue at the scene, the initial judgment of the cause of the fire was that a merchant used electric welding to ignite the goods without permission in the store. Eight stores were affected, including clothing, electrical appliances, gifts and bags. shop.

Although the specific loss is still being calculated, the initial estimate of the loss of goods and houses is tens of millions of RMB. Fortunately, no casualties were caused.

　　Chinese media reminded that in addition to strengthening security measures for public security and safety, all trade cities and Chinese-funded enterprises must also pay attention to and strengthen management of internal fire safety.

For those who use open flames such as electric welding in areas with flammable materials, strict approval and on-site control systems must be formulated and strictly implemented.

Key areas should be equipped with sufficient fire extinguishing equipment according to the specifications, and ensure that they are within the validity period.

Outdoor fire hydrants and fire hoses are guaranteed to be in good condition and normal use.