1995 There was a Regent Hotel in Jing 'an Temple, Shanghai. 1 1 People died of gas explosion. Does anyone know it's behind Jiuguang now?

1. Time: 1999 September 65438+February 9 (evening)

2. Venue: Regent Hotel near Jing 'an Temple in downtown Shanghai.

3. Category: Gas explosion of commercial users

4. Nature: Liability accident

Situation: 7 people were killed and nearly 100 people were injured in a big explosion accident caused by gas leakage.

I. What happened?

1999 65438+At 6 o'clock on February 9, a big explosion occurred in Liri Hotel near Jing 'an Temple in the center of Shanghai, killing 7 people and injuring nearly 100 people.

According to the police, at 6 o'clock, the Shanghai 1 10 alarm station received an alarm from the hotel owner that the gas meter in the store exploded; Tell the gas company to repair it quickly. Only two or three minutes after the alarm, the hotel exploded. The glass shattered, the building collapsed, and some customers and staff dining in the hotel died on the spot, while others were seriously injured.

After receiving the report, the police quickly dispatched fire officers to the scene for rescue, and at the same time sent the wounded to five hospitals including Ruijin, Huashan and East China for rescue. As of press time, there are still more than 20 people receiving treatment in the hospital.

The reporter witnessed at the scene that the road outside the hotel was smashed by glass, and some of the injured were passers-by.

2. The cause of the accident (due to limited information, it can only be analyzed from the content of the report).

The gas explosion accident caused by gas leakage in Lido Hotel can be divided into two accidents. The first accident is a large amount of gas leakage, and the second accident is an explosion accident. The second accident caused the most damage.

The direct cause of the first accident has the following possibilities:

1. Overpressure caused the gas meter in the store to explode.

2. The gas meter and pipeline are not replaced in the network due to the maintenance of gas facilities or touching the pipeline, which leads to the explosion of the gas meter.

3. The gas meter leaked, which did not attract the attention of the staff, forming an explosion concentration area around it, leading to the explosion of the gas meter.

The direct cause of the second accident:

1. After the gas meter exploded, a large amount of gas leaked into the kitchen.

2. The gas leakage alarm cut-off device is not started, and there is a problem; Or a gas leakage alarm cut-off device is not installed.

3. The hotel staff didn't cut off the gas source quickly, put out the fire source, eliminate the possible sparks, and evacuate the diners in the store as soon as possible, because there were still two or three minutes to complete the evacuation work to prevent others from entering the explosion area or the area where the flying debris after the explosion might hurt people.

From the analysis of the above factors, it is concluded that seven people were killed and nearly one hundred people were injured. The direct reasons are: first, the maintenance, maintenance and inspection of gas equipment and facilities are not carried out according to relevant regulations; second, the investment in gas safety facilities and equipment is insufficient; Finally, the hotel staff took improper measures. Indirect reasons, there are defects in the management of safe gas use; Insufficient safety guidance for gas supply units; The hotel doesn't pay attention to the drills and training for dealing with all kinds of emergencies.

Three. Accident lessons and preventive measures

Gas leakage and explosion caused 7 deaths and nearly 100 injuries, reflecting that once a gas accident happens to commercial users, it is easy to cause a vicious accident. Businessmen put the maximization of economic benefits in the first place, ignoring the investment in gas safety facilities and equipment and safety education system training, and emphasizing management over safety. Gas supply units shall strengthen the maintenance and management of gas facilities. In order to draw lessons from the accident seriously and prevent similar accidents from happening again, the following preventive measures should be taken:

1. The gas supply unit shall strengthen the maintenance and management of gas equipment and facilities and try its best to eliminate the first accident caused by equipment and facilities.

2. In operation, strictly implement safety regulations and operating procedures to ensure safe gas supply and use.

3. Increase the application of safety equipment and facilities in the gas system, improve the technical content, so as to enhance the safety and reliability of the gas system, try to control or eliminate the hidden dangers of accidents, especially to prevent the occurrence of secondary gas accidents.

4. Seriously publicize users' knowledge of safe gas use, strengthen users' guidance on safe gas use, and make relevant materials. Improve the management level and adaptability of users' safe gas use. Enable users to enhance their self-protection ability and actively cooperate with the management of gas supply units.