Major catastrophic diseases in China in recent years.

1. A major fire broke out in Zhong Bai Commercial Building, Jilin City, Jilin Province, killing 54 people, injuring 70 others and causing direct economic losses of more than 4 million yuan.

Review: At noon on February 5th, at 65438+ 1 1: 25, a big fire broke out in Zhong Bai Commercial Building at the intersection of Jiefang Road and changchun road in Jilin City. After receiving the alarm, Jilin Public Security Fire Command Center immediately mobilized fire officers and soldiers to rush to the scene to put out the fire. 13: 45, the fire was initially controlled. 15: 30, the fire was put out. While putting out the fire, firefighters conducted emergency search and rescue for people trapped on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors through three ladders and fire ladders. By 16: 30, * * * rescued 120 people, and 7 1 injured people were immediately sent to major hospitals. The fire caused 54 deaths and 70 injuries, resulting in direct economic losses of more than 4 million yuan.

After investigation, the direct cause of the accident was that the electrical staff of the commercial building threw the lit cigarettes into the warehouse, igniting combustible materials such as confetti and cardboard on the ground, which caused a fire. The main reason for the accident is that Zhong Bai Commercial Building did not strictly implement the relevant provisions of the Fire Protection Law on fire safety responsibility system; The fire emergency evacuation plan has not been implemented, and no drills have been organized; After illegally transforming the bicycle shed outside the north wall of the commercial building into a simple warehouse, the requirements of the deadline rectification notice issued by the fire department were not implemented; Management confusion, leasing ballroom projects beyond the scope, ignoring the supervision and management of fire safety in ballroom; After the fire broke out, the security personnel did not organize the evacuation of the third and fourth floors, and the relevant personnel did not call the police in time. Jilin City Commercial Committee failed to manage Zhong Bai Commercial Building, ignoring the problems existing in fire safety management and enterprise management. Fire protection, industry and commerce, urban management and other relevant functional departments in Jilin City. , did not conscientiously perform their duties, did not strictly supervise the implementation of the Zhong Bai commercial building fire hazards and management confusion rectification. The relevant leaders of Jilin Municipal People's Government failed to supervise and inspect the implementation of the responsibility system for production safety.

Zhan Biao, deputy secretary of Jilin Municipal Committee and mayor, as the first person responsible for production safety, has an important leadership responsibility for the accident. Zhan Biao resigned as mayor of Jilin City, deputy secretary, standing committee member and member of Jilin Municipal Committee. The Jilin Provincial Party Committee agreed to the resignation request that just took the bid. The 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Jilin Municipal People's Congress deliberated and agreed that Zhan Biao resigned as mayor of Jilin City. According to the results of the accident investigation, according to the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions within the Chinese Production Party, the Provisional Regulations on State Civil Servants, the Provisions on the Investigation of Administrative Responsibility for Extraordinary Safety Accidents in the State Council and the Measures for the Investigation of Administrative Responsibility for Major Safety Accidents in Jilin Province, the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government decided to severely deal with those responsible: Cai and the deputy mayor of Jilin City, who have important leadership responsibilities for the accident, were given warnings and administrative demerits within the party; Liu Wenbin, director of the Jilin Municipal Commission of Commerce and secretary of the Party Committee, has an important leadership responsibility for the accident, giving the party a serious warning and administrative demotion; Yang Kaibao, deputy director of the Jilin Municipal Commission of Commerce and member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, was mainly responsible for the accident, and was given the punishment of revoking his post within the party and administrative dismissal.

On the morning of July 10, the Chuanying People's Court of Jilin City made a first-instance judgment on seven defendants in the "215" catastrophic fire case in Jilin City. The defendant committed the crime of fire and was sentenced to seven years in prison; Defendants Liu Wenjian, Zhao Ping and Ma Chunping were convicted of fire accidents and sentenced to six, five and four years' imprisonment respectively. Defendant Chen Zhonghe Cao Mingjun was guilty of serious accident and was sentenced to three years, six months and three years' imprisonment respectively. Defendant Li Aimin was guilty of serious accident, but in view of his minor crime, he was exempted from criminal punishment according to law.

2. A major fire broke out in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, killing 40 people.

Looking back:15 On February 26th 14: 08, a fire broke out in a hut built by a villager in Wufeng Village, Huangwan Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province. Among more than 60 people who engaged in superstitious activities such as burning incense and asking for visas in the hut, 40 people died. The local public security police and fire officers and soldiers immediately organized fire fighting, and the fire was put out at 14: 45.

At 5: 00 a.m. on the day of the incident, three villagers, including Zhou (female) and Lu (female), from Wufeng Village, Huangwan Town organized a superstitious activity called "Putang Confession" (meaning that people can reach the underworld smoothly when they are old), which was presided over by (male) who often took the lead in superstitious activities. At about 8: 30 in the morning, more than 50 people entered the hut to participate in superstitious activities. Except Chen Mou, all the others are women, the oldest is 84 years old, the youngest is 40 years old, and the average age is 72 years old. 14: 08, the cabin started to catch fire. At that time, all the people in the shed were concentrated on the small door facing south. Because these women are old and frail, they can't move easily, and some people fall during their escape, so the escapees gather at the door to crush the bamboo supporting the hut, and the hut soon collapses and burns. Most of them were burned to death or suffocated before they could escape from the door. The fire killed 39 people on the spot and burned 4 people. One of them died after being rescued by Haining People's Hospital, and the death toll reached 40.

According to the investigation results and relevant laws and regulations, the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government dealt with the persons responsible for the "2. 15" catastrophic accident in Haining seriously: they agreed that Zhang, the mayor of Haining, should take the blame and resign; Feng, secretary of Haining Municipal Party Committee, was given a warning within the party. In addition, the Haining Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government were instructed to seriously deal with the responsible persons in Huangwan Town and Wufeng Village.

Haining Municipal People's Court publicly pronounced the case of "2. 15". In the first instance, the defendants Chen, Zhou Hezhen, Lu Zhenbao and Lu Juanying were sentenced to six years and five years and nine months in prison for the crime of fire.

3. A major fire broke out in Qiaonan Market, Changde City, Hunan Province, causing 69 injuries, including fire fighters.

Looking back: At about 7: 40 am on February 2 1 65438, a fire broke out in Qiaonan Market, Changde City, Hunan Province. Qiaonan Market is located in Wuling Town, Dingcheng District, with a length of about 4 kilometers and a width of about 2.5 kilometers. It is a large-scale wholesale and retail market built in the 1990s and one of the top ten comprehensive retail and wholesale markets in China. Mainly knitwear, daily necessities, electrical appliances and other commodities. The fire broke out in a four-story commercial building (dealing in daily necessities with an area of 70,000 square meters).

At 7: 46, after the Changde Fire Brigade received the alarm, more than 20 fire engines rushed to the scene at the first time. At this time, Changde Bridge South Market, one of the top ten wholesale markets in China, is already filled with smoke and flames. What is terrible is that when the fire broke out, there was a rare gale of four or five levels. Fire fighting uses wind to help fire, and the fire spreads in Qiaonan market. Three hours later, around 1 1, the daily chemical products market, which accounts for nearly half of the market area in Qiaonan, was completely surrounded by fire. Because the fire broke out before 8 o'clock, the Qiaonan market was not open for business, and the salespersons were not on duty. However, the Qiaonan Hotel, which suffered the worst fire, has dozens of guests, including waiters, totaling about 40 people. Firefighters rushed to the scene and rescued them immediately. /kloc-at about 0/3 o'clock, the southwest corner of the fourth floor of the commercial building where a fire broke out suddenly collapsed, causing one crowd and two fire fighters to be injured and one fire fighter to be buried. Because of the strong wind, it is difficult to get water, and the flammable light industrial products such as leather products and clothing in this big market, the fire fighting work has encountered great difficulties. Changde City mobilized three large excavators and two heavy cranes to rush to the area near Qiaonan Bus Station, where the fire was the fiercest, to clean up the collapsed objects and prepare to open the fire escape to rescue people who might still be trapped in the fire. Because the fire started in the daily chemical products market, some daily chemical products ignited toxic smoke after the fire, and some firefighters who arrived at the fire site first were affected because they did not prepare gas masks. The fire caused 69 injured people, including fire fighters, to be taken to hospital for treatment. No one died, and the fire area was about 50,000 square meters.

4. A serious fire broke out in Zhejiang Wenzhou Huihuang Leather Co., Ltd., causing 18 deaths and 12 injuries.

Review: A fire broke out in Huang Hui Leather Co., Ltd., Shuitou Town, Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province around July 28th 19: 35. After receiving the alarm, the local fire department immediately dispatched 8 fire engines and more than 60 fire officers and soldiers to the scene of the accident to put out the fire. After more than eight hours of hard work, the raging fire was put out at 2 am the next day. The fire caused 18 deaths, 12 injuries to varying degrees, and 16 people managed to escape.

Wenzhou Huang Hui Leather Co., Ltd. is a key private enterprise in Shuitou Town. Jinshan Road, where it is located, is a densely populated residential area. Due to the timely rescue, the fire basically did not affect the nearby residential areas, which made many firefighters at the scene breathe a sigh of relief. But when the firemen cleaned up the scene, they found that many workers who were at work at that time were gone, which made the firemen's heart hang up again. Where are the missing workers? Then, in the burning ashes, a search and rescue operation began.

Since the early morning of July 29th, officers and men of Wenzhou Fire Brigade have cleared out dead workers 15 from the scene, including women 10 and 5 men, and another worker died on the way to the hospital. So far, the death toll caused by this fire has risen to 16.

Leather factory mainly produces belts. The fire broke out in the workshop on the first floor, when more than 40 workers were working in the factory. The rapid spread of fire blocked the retreat of employees working upstairs, and some employees jumped off the upstairs to escape, which was the main cause of casualties. Because of the fast burning speed of leather, large burn area and many toxic gases, the scene situation is complicated and it is difficult to put out the fire. Firefighters evacuated from the scene and rescued more than ten people. The fire was controlled around 23 o'clock on the day of the incident, and the fire in the main building of the factory building was extinguished at 3 o'clock the next morning. The "July 28" fire caused the main building to burn down1400 square meters, and the temporary simple shed burned down more than 600 square meters.

After the fire, Zhuang Minghui, the legal representative of Huihuang Leather Co., Ltd., once escaped from danger. On the evening of July 29th, under heavy pressure, he finally surrendered himself to the police. On the morning of July 30, Wenzhou police approved Zhuang Minghui's criminal detention according to law. The public security organ initially found out that Zhuang Minghui, the general manager of Brilliant Company, violated the laws and regulations on fire control and safety production, and used a building that was not approved by the fire supervision department as the company's workshop without an evacuation passage in the factory where production and operation were carried out, which had serious fire hazards.

After investigation by 28 expert investigation teams composed of Zhejiang Fire Corps, fire investigation experts from the Ministry of Public Security, and electrical and generator experts, the fire point of this fire accident was located in the simple warehouse on the east side of the factory building. According to the trace material evidence, combustion characteristics and fire site location, it is concluded that the fire is caused by the sparks generated during the operation of the edge grinder, which leads to the smoldering of belt dust and expands the disaster situation.

5. A major fire broke out in Beijing Jingmin Building, causing 1 1 deaths and 38 injuries.

Looking back: On June 9 15: 56, the Beijing Command Center received an alarm and a fire broke out on the first floor of the West Annex Building of Jingmin Building in Huayanli, Chaoyang District. The fire department immediately dispatched 8 fire squadrons and 36 fire engines to put out the fire. The fire was put out at 17: 02. The fire * * * caused 1 1 people to die and 38 people were injured. After preliminary investigation, the fire was caused by the renovation of the swimming pool on the first floor of the west annex of the building. According to the detection of two barrels of polyurethane extracted from the fire site by the fire department afterwards, the flash point of barrel A (a parameter to measure the flammability of liquid in normal environment) is 16 degrees Celsius, and the flash point of barrel B is 20 degrees Celsius. In other words, this kind of dangerous goods can flash at the temperature of 16 degrees Celsius or 20 degrees Celsius. The state stipulates that articles with flash point less than or equal to 28 degrees Celsius are classified as dangerous goods.

After the fire, Chen Mou, the contractor in charge of the construction, fled the scene under the pretext of taking the injured to the hospital, while Chen Mou's mobile phone was always turned off. The police then pursued him and arrested Chen Mou in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

6. A major fire broke out in LG Huizhou Electronics Company in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, killing two people and scrapping hundreds of millions of products.

Review: 10 On June 5th, a large factory building of LG Huizhou Electronics Company located in Zhong Kai High-tech Development Zone, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province suddenly caught fire, which caused the factory building to burn from the first floor to the top floor (the third floor of the factory building), and all the electronic products and raw materials in the factory building were scrapped. The fire caused 10 injuries, 4 serious injuries and 2 deaths.

Because it is still in the National Day holiday, the factory has not officially started work, and only more than 200 employees in the factory are working overtime. When the fire broke out, most employees fled the fire because they were found in time, but two workers from Anhui and Jiangxi were burned to death in the elevator. Because the factory mainly produces audio, a large number of wooden shells, foams, plastics and other items are piled up in the factory. When it catches fire, it will get out of control and the fire will spread to the whole building quickly.

The cause of the fire was that the welder inside the decoration factory violated the rules during the welding operation, which caused the fire.

LG is a well-known multinational company with several factories in Huizhou. The fire broke out in the new factory of LG Electronics Factory, which has just moved in for less than two months and mainly produces DVDs.

7. A serious fire broke out in Linyi Lighting City, Shandong Province, which caused great economic losses and affected more than 200 merchants.

Looking back: On July 29th 19: 40, a fire broke out on the second floor of Chengbei District Building in Linyi, Shandong Province. It was not until 3 am the next day that it rained heavily that the fire was brought under control. The fire broke out in the Chengbei District Building of Linyi Lamps, with four floors and a construction area of about 30,000 square meters. There are more than 160 merchants on the first and second floors, and the third and fourth floors are material warehouses. The whole building is on fire. According to reports, the economic loss reached 1 100 million yuan, and more than 200 enterprises were affected. A fire broke out in Gloria Shoe, China Merchants City, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province.

8. A fire broke out in Gloria Shoe, China Merchants City, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province.

Looking back:10,21,17: 07, a major fire broke out in a professional shoe city in Changshu, Jiangsu. After receiving the alarm, Changshu public security and fire departments dispatched all the fire fighting forces in urban and rural areas of the city to go all out to put out the fire. At 23: 30 that day, the fire was basically extinguished. Changshu Gloria Shoes, located in the center of China Merchants, was almost completely destroyed, with a loss of tens of millions.

The fire broke out from the bottom of the north side of Gloria Shoe Capital in China Merchants City. Because the interior of the shoe city is mostly flammable, the fire is fierce. On the one hand, Changshu Fire Brigade took measures to control the spread of fire, on the other hand, it immediately turned to Suzhou Fire Brigade for help. Suzhou Fire Brigade immediately mobilized more than 50 fire engines and more than 300 fire officers and soldiers in urban areas and Zhangjiagang and Wujiang to provide support. Changshu police dispatched 1000 police officers to fight to maintain order at the scene. Nearly a thousand merchants watched helplessly as the fire swallowed up their goods and wanted to cry.

9. A major fire broke out in Cenya Village, Fulu Township, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Guangxi, causing direct economic losses of 1.648 million yuan and affected families of 1.96 households.

Review:12 1 on October 9th, a major fire accident occurred in Cenya Village, Fulu Township, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The fire caused 196 households110 people to be affected, and 220 houses were burned and 18 houses were demolished, resulting in direct losses. The fire was caused by villagers accidentally pulling the wire to cause short circuit and igniting combustible materials. It is understood that the reasons for the spread of the fire are as follows: First, the village is built on the mountain, all of which are wooden houses with dense buildings; Second, the village is short of water, and the only small pool can barely supply the local villagers with domestic water; Third, most local young and middle-aged people went out to work, and failed to organize effective fighting when the fire broke out; Fourth, there is no highway in the village. It takes two hours to drive from the county seat and an hour to climb the mountain, so it is difficult for relief supplies to be transported to the scene quickly.

Ten, Shanxi Yuncheng Banpo oil depot fire.

Review: At about 22 o'clock on April 24th, a fire broke out in No.6 large oil storage tank of Banpo Oil Depot of Yuncheng Petroleum Branch of China Petrochemical Company, resulting in direct economic loss of 3.25 million yuan. The fire has attracted the attention of the central leadership, and the Ministry of Public Security mobilized the fire fighting forces of Qin, Jin and Henan provinces to participate in the "4.24" catastrophic fire fighting. According to the investigation results, the oil depot staff colluded with each other during the duty, pouring oil from the metering hole of the oil depot, causing electrostatic fire and fire.

According to the investigation of Salt Lake Branch of Yuncheng Public Security Bureau, two of the four suspects are employees of oil depot, 1 is a fireman of oil depot, and 1 is an employee of the former oil company. As early as six months ago, four suspects began to steal gasoline from No.6 tank in Area A of Banpo Oil Depot, and bought tools such as vans and plastic buckets, and also modified the metering hole of the oil depot to facilitate oil theft. Whoever steals gasoline and causes a fire shall be directly responsible, dismissed from public office and handed over to judicial organs for criminal responsibility.

Zhang Fengqing and Jia Mengen, deputy directors of Banpo Oil Depot, were mainly responsible for leadership and were dismissed by the administration, and suggested that their party organizations give serious warnings to the party. Ren Kouzhi, director of Banpo Oil Depot, has the main leadership responsibility and is given administrative demotion. It is suggested that the party organization should give it a serious warning within the party. Bai Qishan, secretary of the Party branch of Banpo Oil Depot, has an important leadership responsibility and suggested that his party organization give him a serious warning within the party.

Guo Qinglong, deputy manager of Yuncheng Petroleum Branch, has an important leadership responsibility for the accident, giving administrative records greater punishment, and suggesting that his party organization give warnings within the party. Zhao Guozhen, secretary of the Party Committee of the branch, has an important leadership responsibility and suggested that his party organization give him a warning within the party. As the first person responsible for production safety, Shen Yongsheng, the manager of the branch company, failed to implement the company's system safety and fire control system, and his supervision and management work was weak. Have important leadership responsibility for the accident and give administrative demerit.

Abroad in 2004:

A wedding fire in India killed at least 5 1 person.

65438+1On the morning of October 23, a fire broke out in an auditorium where a wedding was being held in Sri Langham Town, Tamil Nadu, southern India. As a result, the happy event turned into a tragedy, resulting in at least 5/kloc-0 deaths, dozens of injuries and serious injuries to the bride, including the groom.

There are some famous Hindu temples in Sri Langum town. The auditorium where the fire broke out is less than 100 meters away from a temple built in the10 century. As 23rd is a lucky day in the Indian calendar, many people choose to get married on this day, and all the wedding halls in the town are booked up.

The fire broke out at around 8: 45 am local time. The short circuit of wires caused the auditorium built by palm trees to catch fire suddenly, and many guests were too scared to rush out of the narrow door of the hall and were crushed to death. The bride, Jasmine Ramana Sang, is a teacher. She was badly burned. The groom who died unfortunately, Guru Rajawende, is 28 years old and works in an insurance company.

2. A fire broke out in a nursing home in Scotland, killing at least 14 elderly people.

65438+1October 3 1 day, a fire broke out in a nursing home in Scotland, killing at least 14 elderly people. In the early morning of June 365438+1October 3 1, a fire broke out in a nursing home near the Scottish port city of Glasgow. At least 1 1 people were burned to death and seven others were seriously injured. The local fire brigade received an alarm at 4: 37. More than 40 firefighters arrived at the scene within five minutes, but the fire was already fierce and smoke was rolling. According to the local emergency department, at least 10 people died on the spot. Rospike sanatorium is a private sanatorium established in 1992. There were at least 40 convalescents when the fire broke out. Nursing homes mainly provide daily life services and hospice care services for the elderly, and also accept patients with mental illness.

It is said that most of the dead were suffocated by the smoke of the fire.

3. Iranian train derailed, overturned, caught fire and exploded.

On February 18, an Iranian train derailed, overturned and burst into flames, killing at least 320 people. This freight train carrying 5 1 car derailed, overturned and caught fire at khayyam station in khorasan province that morning. When firefighters and nearby residents rushed to the scene to put out the fire, the train suddenly exploded strongly. At least 320 people were killed and 460 injured. According to local government officials, most of the deaths caused by the explosion were residents of villages and towns near khayyam Railway Station and firefighters who went to the scene to put out the fire. According to local media reports, the mayor of Inner Chable was also killed in the explosion.

According to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University in Iran, an earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred in the northeastern part of Iran that morning. This earthquake with a slight magnitude is probably the "culprit" of this serious accident. However, there are also reports that vibration was measured when the explosion occurred. Other officials said that human factors were not ruled out. According to media reports, Iran's freight marshalling locomotives are loaded with a large number of inflammable and explosive articles, including gasoline, sulfur, cotton fabrics and pesticides, which should be strictly controlled. However, these flammable materials are put together. So as soon as there was an accident, it immediately caused a fire, which caused a huge explosion and led to a tragedy. Experts say that if these flammable materials are separated in an orderly manner, even if an accident occurs, it will not cause such a tragic explosion.

After the explosion, a large number of firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the fire. At about 9: 37 am local time, just when the fire was initially controlled, the truck suddenly exploded strongly.

Due to the sudden explosion, many local officials who directed the disaster relief work at the scene were also killed. Hussein Saresefata, deputy governor of khorasan province, said that many local officials, including Mojitaba Faravand, mayor of Inner Chable, and Morteza Farian, director of the local fire department, were killed in the explosion.

The violent explosion almost razed five villages along the railway. At the distance of 10 km from the explosion site, almost all the glass windows of the houses were shattered, and obvious vibration could be felt at the distance of 70 km from the explosion site.

4. An explosion occurred in a Russian Chinese restaurant, killing 18 people and injuring 17 people.

On February 26th 16: 50, an explosion occurred in a Chinese restaurant in Chita, Siberia, Russia, killing 18 people and injuring 17 people.

The explosion completely destroyed the cafe, when there were more than 40 people in the room. This coffee shop is owned by China people. The cafe is located in Karl Marx Street in Chita City, and a five-story residential building connected with the cafe was also slightly damaged. According to witnesses, the explosion was so powerful that the glass of the house 300 meters away was shattered. The police found four burst liquefied gas tanks at the scene. Investigation shows that the explosion was caused by the explosion of the gas tank in the cafe. Sergei Safgankov, a security official in Siberia, Russia, said that through the investigation of the scene, no evidence of a terrorist explosion was found.

5. A gas leak and explosion in a Russian residential building killed 58 people and injured more than 20 people.

16 At about 3: 25 am on March 3, a huge explosion occurred in a 9-story residential building in the northern Russian port city of Novy Arkhangelsk, killing 58 people, including 30 women, 19 men and 9 children, and injuring more than 20 others.

At that time, everyone was sleeping, and suddenly there was a terrible noise in the building, and suddenly the fire was soaring. One unit of the building was completely blown down and the houses adjacent to the two units were also seriously damaged. Because the shock wave produced by the explosion was very strong, the building windows in the nearby block were shattered.

According to the investigation, the explosion was caused by a gas leak. Witnesses said that two "tramps" stole some copper valves on the gas pipeline, causing a large amount of gas leakage, which subsequently led to explosions and fires. Gas leaks occurred in two other buildings adjacent to the explosion building for the same reason. Fortunately, the danger was eliminated in time.

The residential building where the explosion occurred is located at "Astronaut Street" 120 in October District of Arkhangelsk. Most of the residents are Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs staff and retired soldiers of the internal affairs forces. Rescuers from local police, fire department and federal emergency department tried their best to rescue, but the rescue work was very difficult because the rubble of the collapsed building was three stories high and caught fire after it collapsed.

Due to aging equipment and lack of maintenance, there are many security risks in residential buildings and public facilities in many parts of Russia. It is reported that gas explosions often occur in some dilapidated residential buildings in Russia. On March 7, a gas explosion occurred in a 12-story residential building in the south of Moscow, and at least three people were injured.

Six, Honduras prison fire at least 104 people were killed and 27 people were injured.

/kloc-In the early morning of May, 0/7, many people were sleeping. A large prison in San Pedro Sula, the second largest city in Honduras, suddenly caught fire. At least 104 people were killed and 27 people were injured.

Witnesses and rescuers revealed that the entire prison, except the management area, almost did not exist. Firefighters put out the fire in time. After a preliminary investigation, the police judged that the fire was caused by a short circuit of wires.

On the same day, Honduran President ricardo maduro interrupted his state visit to Italy and returned to China urgently to deal with the fire. Maduro called the prison fire "a great tragedy", said that prison conditions would be improved, and vowed to thoroughly investigate the cause of the fire.

San Pedro Sula is located about 0/80km north of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. There are more than 2200 prisoners in prisons in this city. Cali Dogniaux, Honduran Deputy Minister of Security, told the media that there were 186 juvenile prisoners in the cell where the fire broke out.

In recent years, serious prison fires have occurred almost every year in the world, causing heavy casualties. On the one hand, the reasons are related to poor prison conditions and poor management. On the other hand, prisoners in high walls and heavy doors lack freedom of movement, which makes it more difficult to escape from prison. Therefore, it is particularly important and urgent to strengthen the construction of prison fire control facilities, fire safety management and disaster escape training.

Seven, India's primary school fire caused 90 students and teachers to flee for their lives first, and the principal was arrested.

On the morning of July 16, a fire broke out in the "Main Krishna School" in Kuhakunan, Tamil Nadu, southern India, killing at least 90 students and injuring dozens. Among the dead, 45 boys and 43 girls have been identified, and the other two are unknown. Most of these students are between the ages of 6 and 12, and many of them were burned alive.

The sudden fire trapped many students in the classroom. It is said that the older students tried to rescue the trapped junior students at that time, but the fire was too fierce to get close; The roof of the third floor of the teaching building swallowed by the fire suddenly collapsed, making it almost impossible for students to escape. According to local media in India, the doors of some schools were closed when the fire broke out, which caused some students to escape smoothly.

Indian officials in charge of the investigation revealed that when the fire broke out, most of the 23 teachers in the school were running for their lives, leaving students struggling in the fire. The principal of this school and the head of the education department of the local government have been arrested by the police for dereliction of duty; The qualification certificate of this school has also been revoked. There may be about 900 students in this school at that time. According to a police spokesman, preliminary investigation showed that the fire was caused by the fire in the open-air stove in the primary school kitchen, when the chefs were preparing lunch for the children. Another way of saying this is that the short circuit of wires ignited the thatched roof of the school building.

The media pointed out that the problems caused by this disaster were thought-provoking, and India's disaster emergency response mechanism once again aroused the world's worries. As early as1984 65438+February, when a poisonous gas leaked from a herbicide factory in Bhopal, India, the public and the government were almost unprepared, resulting in nearly 20,000 deaths and 200,000 people being affected. On February 23rd, 1995, 1300 teachers, students and parents crowded into the school auditorium, resulting in a fire caused by a short circuit of wires. Panicked people rushed to the only exit, causing people to be trampled, and more than 400 people were killed, half of whom were children under 10. As far as the improvement of fire emergency mechanism is concerned, some analysts believe that the Indian government needs further efforts.

Eight, Paraguay's capital supermarket suddenly caught fire and closed, killing hundreds of people.

On August/KOOC-0/day/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/:30, a fire broke out in a supermarket in the suburb of Asunció n, Paraguay, killing 509 people and leaving/KOOC-0/44 missing.

At noon on August 1 Sunday 1 1: 30, the supermarket "YcuaBolanos" on the outskirts of Asunció n, Paraguay, South America, was crowded with people. Suddenly, an unknown fire engulfed the whole supermarket in a few minutes, and there were two explosions in the smoke, flames and screams. The fire burned for three hours and was finally put out.

Iguazu Bolanos Supermarket is located in the north of Asunció n, covering an area of more than 4,000 square meters, with three floors above ground, with a total area of about 6,543.8+2,000 square meters. There is also a parking lot underground. In the fire, the sales hall, restaurant, kitchen and underground parking lot were all spared. Dozens of witnesses pointed out that after the fire, the relevant personnel of the supermarket ordered to close the door, which was one of the reasons for the serious casualties caused by the fire. Supermarket owner Juan Pawa and his son Daniel Pawa were sued.

Regarding the cause of the fire, Paraguayan officials and the media have several statements: First, the gas tank exploded; Second, the gas pipeline leaks; Third, the LNG vehicle exploded in the parking lot; Fourth, terrorist attacks; Fifth, the compressor of the kitchen refrigerator exploded due to short circuit. These five statements are basically rejected by experts. So, how did the fire happen? Where did the first fire happen? The investigation report identified three possible fire spots, namely the dining area, the bakery and the sales hall. According to the report, the initial fire point is probably the kitchen and bakery in the dining area. The kitchen is on the ground floor and the bakery is on the upper three floors. Experts say that the culprit of the fire may be the chimney of the barbecue oven in the dining area. There is something special about this chimney: instead of being straight, it turned a corner to avoid the beams of the house. The problem lies in this corner. Experts found a lot of accumulated soot, grease and other dirt here. These dirty things not only hinder smoke exhaust, but also raise the temperature at the bend to the point of overheating. According to experts' speculation, the overheating of the barbecue chimney leads to the slow heating of the partition between the roof and the ceiling, which heats the polyurethane plastic surfaces on the roof, walls and columns. These materials have experienced a slow combustion process. After the oxygen between the ceiling and the roof is completely consumed, a large amount of carbon monoxide is produced, which fills this closed space and forms a closed huge carbon monoxide air mass. There is a fermentation room in the bakery upstairs, which stores a lot of flour, baking powder and other powders used to bake bread. There is a fake chimney in the bakery, not outside the roof, but leading to the space between the ceiling and the roof. Dust from the bakery and gas from baking bread are constantly injected into this space. This kind of mixed gas mass, which consists of carbon monoxide, flour, baking powder and other gases and dust, is a high thermal conductivity substance, which will explode when it reaches high temperature or meets an open flame, producing a shock wave with great thrust. In case of fire, the heated carbon monoxide mixed gas reaches a certain temperature and spontaneously ignites when it meets oxygen, causing the dust mixed gas group to explode. Then, the mixture rushed out of the bakery fermentation room and swept the canteen with overwhelming force. Then,