2019-01-12 21:01 | Zhejiang News Client | Correspondent Pan Qian Shao Wenjing Reporter Zhang Fan
Around 8:00 on January 12, Jinliwen Expressway went toward Jinhua 200 meters away from the import of Wuyi service area, a truck tire caught fire. Fortunately, after the highway owner unit, Wuyi service area, traffic police, and firefighters rescued in time, the fire was successfully extinguished to prevent the vehicle from being burned.
At 8:13 am, the emergency command branch center of Jinliwen Expressway Jinhua Management Office received an alarm from the Wuyi service area: It was said that a truck tire caught fire at the entrance ramp at the Wuyi service area, and the fire was urgent. After receiving the alarm, the branch center immediately contacted the service area staff to control the fire as much as possible while ensuring their own safety. At the same time, notify the firefighters, patrols, traffic police, and rescue to rush to the scene immediately and pay attention to the fire situation during monitoring.
8:27 highway patrol personnel arrived at the scene to provide on-site warnings, and closed the main lane 200 meters behind the accident and hard shoulder to ensure that fire vehicles can extinguish the fire when they arrive.
Due to sufficient preparations in the early stage, the staff in the service area used 18 4-kg portable fire extinguishers and 1 hand-pushed 35-kg fire extinguisher to try their best to control the fire, and bought time for the subsequent successful fire extinguishing.
8:30 After the firefighters arrived at the scene, they used a water gun to spray the fire tires. After 12 minutes of spraying, the open flame was successfully extinguished. In order to prevent rekind from happening, firefighters carefully inspected the vehicles and extinguished the remaining fire points one by one to ensure that the fire was not rekindled. At present, the specific cause of the accident is under further investigation.
