[New Tang Dynasty Beijing time August 28, 2021]A fire broke out in the landmark Kaixuan International Building in Dalian, Northeast China on the afternoon of August 27. The 28-story apartment building burned a huge torch and nearly 2,000 people were evacuated. . At 23:00 that night, the open flame of the building was extinguished, but there was still a residual fire that needed to be cleaned up. Officials said there were no casualties.
The Kaixuan International Building in Jinpu New District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, resembles the “big pants” of CCTV, and is dubbed by the local people as the “big pants” of Dalian. Lu Media reported that a fire broke out in the Kaixuan International Building around 4 pm on the 27th.
At that time, a household on the 19th floor of the building caught fire. The owner went to the property to ask for help. However, when the property arrived, he found that the fire was out of control and the room was full of smoke, so he called the police.
Kaixuan International is a 28-storey apartment building with a total of 419 households and 818 people. The fire quickly burned and spread, and about 1,800 people from the building and surrounding residents were evacuated urgently.
The fire burned for 7 hours, and the fire spread to the top of the building. The raging fire spewed out flames, thick black smoke rushed into the sky, and the burned plates were constantly falling from high altitude. The whole building burned into a huge torch from top to bottom.
The video uploaded by netizens showed that not only the exterior walls of the building were burning, but the room was also blazing, and only the frame was left.
After the building caught fire, many citizens were onlookers downstairs. Some netizens said on social platforms that the fire was very strong during the burning process. He heard that there was no water in the fire hydrant and the water pressure could not rise, and the light rail cars passing by were also affected.
Some netizens also said: “There are fire extinguishers on every floor, how can it be burned so severely?” “Now it can’t be controlled at all,” “Now it’s burned to the inside, it’s hollow.”
As of 20:40 that night, the authorities dispatched 24 fire stations, 68 fire trucks, and 366 firefighters to rescue at the scene. Dalian Fire Fighting’s 101-meter-elevated platform fire truck was also deployed to the scene to extinguish fires.
In fact, as early as 2016, Kaixuan International Building was reported by the owner of a fire hazard. The relevant department had a deadline for property rectification, but there has been no improvement.
The upstream news quoted the chat records released by the blogger “Dalian Sudden”. Some netizens said that there are more than 600 households in one building of the Kaixuan International Building, but the fire-fighting facilities of the entire building are paralyzed. The fire hydrant is damaged and there is no water, fire extinguishers, etc. The equipment also all expired for many years.
The screenshot of the complaint provided by the netizen showed that the date of the claim was “October 19, 2016” and the question of the claim was “A major fire hazard exists in the Kaixuan International Building in Dalian Development Zone”.
The netizen said worriedly that “the paralysis of fire-fighting facilities is a joke on the lives of more than 600 homeowners.”
As of 23:00 on the 27th, the open flame at the scene was extinguished, and the remaining fire began to be cleaned up. The detailed cause of the fire is under investigation. The official claimed that after the fire and rescue personnel walked each floor, no people were found trapped in the building, and there were no casualties.
(Reporter Luo Tingting Comprehensive Report / Chief Editor: Deming)
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