The "12·6" fire accident in Shouyang, Shanxi killed 8 people, injured 5 people, and 4 others were admitted to the hospital for observation. Cause of the accident is under further investigation.
It is heartbreaking to lose 8 lives overnight. What safety hazards were exposed by the accident? The reporter conducted an interview and investigation.
A fire broke out at night in the prefabricated dormitory of the construction site.
The accident occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on the 6th. It was caused by a fire in the dormitory of the subcontracting team of the Hebei Construction Investment Shouyang Thermal Power Co., Ltd. project contracted by Shanxi Electric Power Construction No. 3 Co., Ltd. The reporter saw at the scene that there were many prefabricated houses near the scene of the incident, and the fire accident occurred in one of them. The prefabricated house in the accident was severely blackened after the fire, and most of the houses had collapsed.
The relevant person in charge of Shanxi Electric Power Construction No. 3 Co., Ltd. said that the color steel plate house where the fire occurred was a large one-story building with a construction area of 624 square meters. It was built in 2016 and was originally an office space. Due to the large number of workers, it was temporarily converted into a dormitory for workers last year. The wooden house was divided into nine rooms, and 42 people were staying there at the time of the incident. The fire area of the accident reached 600 square meters, and the victims lived in two to three rooms. The casualties in the accident came from two construction labor subcontracting units, Shanxi Jinteng Construction Co., Ltd. and Yangquan Huaxin Mining Engineering Co., Ltd.
The reporter learned from the survivors of the accident that most of the workers living in the prefabricated houses had been at the construction site for less than a month, and some had only been at the construction site for less than ten days. Except for the coworkers in the same room, most of them don't know each other. Some workers only learned the name of their subcontracting company after the incident.
Zou Xuebin, a worker's family member, lives in a boarded house with her husband. She said that she was lying on the bed looking at her mobile phone when the incident occurred. She suddenly heard a loud noise and thought it was a fight between workers or hail, but the noise became louder and louder. , she felt something was wrong, opened the door and saw that the flames were coming from the side. "We ran out quickly, knocking on everyone's doors as we ran."
"At that time, we just ran for our lives, but later we discovered that the hair on the back of our heads was on fire and there were minor burns on our backs." Survivor Li Chunzhou said that many workers There is a habit of drinking wine after dinner, and some people sleep deeply.
10 Many survivors recalled that most people were still asleep when the incident occurred, and the fire was so violent that many people did not even have time to wear clothes when they escaped, and they did not bother to take their mobile phones, keys, etc.
The accommodation site where a fire broke out in the project department of Ji Jiantou Shouyang Thermal Power Co., Ltd. in Shouyang County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province (photo taken on December 6).
The accident exposed three hidden dangers in prefabricated dormitories
Hidden danger 1: The office buildings were temporarily converted into workers' dormitories.
The prefabricated house where the fire occurred was an office building that was converted into accommodation after internal renovation. Worker Miao Haiqing drew a floor plan of the accident board house for reporters. According to him, after entering through the gate, there is a hall in the middle with some office supplies piled up. It is currently vacant. There are nine rooms along the three sides of the board house. Form a "U" shape.
Firefighters at the scene of the accident said that the room partitions in the accident board room were made of plywood used for construction, and the tops of each room were all open, without smoke or fire isolation. If there was a fire, the flames would Spread quickly. The rooms in professional construction site accommodation board houses are required to be separated according to regulations. In the event of a fire, it will be difficult to penetrate the rooms and people will have more opportunities to escape.
Survivors Chen Yongchao and others from Xingtai, Hebei Province said that the workers' rooms were adjacent and connected above. The rooms were temporarily separated by wooden boards, and the wooden boards were flammable and could catch fire very quickly.
Hidden danger 2: There are many safety and heating problems in prefabricated houses.
Relevant persons in charge of Shanxi Electric Power Construction No. 3 Co., Ltd. and Hebei Construction Investment Project Department said that coal-fired boilers were used for heating at the construction site, but were later discontinued due to environmental reasons. The project site is far away from the county seat and the heating pipeline has not yet been repaired. At the time of the incident, the workers in the prefabricated house were using electric heaters for heating, mainly provided by the construction company. To ensure safety, the use of high-power appliances such as electric blankets, as well as luminous and open flame heating equipment is strictly prohibited in the prefabricated house.
However, more than 10 survivors interviewed by the reporter said that there were no electric heaters issued by the construction company in their rooms. Some people used electric heaters they purchased themselves. It is common for workers to use electric blankets for heating.
Miao Haiqing said that there were 9 people living in the bunk beds in the room he was in. One person was killed and the rest were able to escape. "I asked the company for an electric heater, but they didn't give it to me." Miao Haiqing said that the weather was too cold and the room was freezing. He used an electric blanket he bought for heating at a hardware store. The price is 20 to 30 yuan, and some electric blankets only cost more than 10 yuan.
Hidden danger three: privately pulling electric wires, living in the same room as the kitchen.
reporters visited the area near the incident site and found that exposed wires could be seen outside the burned-out board house, and some wires were simply installed on wooden poles. On-site workers said that it is common for workers to pull wires privately in dormitory living areas. People often pull a wire from outside the board room to plug in electric blankets and charge mobile phones.
Miao Haiqing and others also said that there were two public cooking areas in the accident board house, and people usually used electrical appliances to cook there.
Plugging the safety loopholes of prefabricated houses on construction sites
Reporters visited and found that it is common in the northern region to use prefabricated houses as office and accommodation places on construction sites. However, heating and irregular electricity use in winter bring more problems to the prefabricated houses on construction sites. Security risks. Relevant experts suggest that safety regulations for prefabricated houses need to be strictly implemented and the safety responsibilities of the construction parties must be suppressed.
First, strictly implement safety regulations for prefabricated houses. Zhang Xiangping, senior engineer of the Taiyuan Fire Rescue Detachment, said that according to the "Technical Specifications for Fire Safety at Construction Projects 2011", the fire protection design of dormitories and office buildings in temporary buildings should comply with the following regulations: The combustion performance level of building components is For Grade A, the building area of each floor should not be greater than 300 square meters. Dormitories should not be built in combination with kitchen operating rooms, boiler rooms, etc. Partition walls should be partitioned from the base of the floor to the bottom of the roof base.
A professional from the Fire Department of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said that because temporary houses of different natures have different requirements in terms of water, electricity, heating and other facilities, they need to be constructed in accordance with corresponding specifications during construction, and the houses cannot be changed at will. nature. In addition, the fire protection regulations for prefabricated houses used as offices and dormitories should also be strictly distinguished.
Second, it is necessary to ensure the safety of electricity in prefabricated houses. There are a lot of violations of the regulations on the use of prefabricated houses, such as privately pulling wires and using high-power electrical appliances in prefabricated houses. If the power cord in the prefabricated house cannot meet the power needs of workers and has to be re-pulled, safe electrical equipment such as "leakage protectors" should be forced to be introduced into the prefabricated house and equipped with flame-retardant pipes. If the wires need to pass through the wall of the color steel room, porcelain pipes or other flame-retardant pipes must be used.
Third, properly solve the heating problem in prefab houses. The use of high-power heating equipment in winter can easily cause short circuits and fires. Safe air conditioning and heating equipment should be fully equipped to prevent residents from using non-compliant electric blankets and other equipment.
Fourth, strengthen and refine daily fire safety management in prefab houses. Take the power plant site where the accident occurred as an example. Due to the strong professionalism of construction, boilers, buildings, instruments, turbines, etc. are all constructed by different construction teams. The general contractor of the construction site under construction subcontracts the project to each construction team. This situation is relatively common. Although the general contractor is still the main responsible party for safety and also has a safety specialist, it is difficult to form effective supervision in actual management. It is recommended to consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, refine fire safety management, and avoid safety responsibilities being disconnected.
Reprinted from: Xinhua News Agency
Source: Hebei Traffic Broadcasting
