Nanchang KTV "2·25" major fire accident: What happened with the fire area reaching 1,500 square meters?

At about 8:00 on February 25, a fire broke out at the Changtianxia KTV in the Baijinhui HNA Hotel in Honggutan New District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. The accident killed 10 people and injured 13 people and sent them to the hospital for treatment.

After preliminary investigation, the fire was caused by cutting decoration materials, and the cause of the accident is under further investigation.

The Jiangxi Provincial Safety Committee Office issued an accident report on the 26th, saying, "The building where the fire broke out is a high-rise condominium building with a reinforced concrete structure. The total building area is about 40,000 square meters, divided into A and B. It is a tower building with the fourth floor of the podium. The fire occurred on the 1st and 2nd floors of the podium at the renovation construction site of Singtianxia KTV. The fire area was about 1,500 square meters."

According to official preliminary investigation, the fire occurred. It is a major fire accident caused by sparks from cutting decoration materials igniting flammable materials at the construction site. At present, the persons responsible for the accident have been controlled by the police.

After receiving the accident report, Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Secretary Lu Xinshe gave instructions: Make every effort to treat the injured and do a good job in the aftermath. It is necessary to reflect carefully and learn lessons; draw inferences from one case to other cases, strengthen the investigation and supervision of hidden dangers, pay close attention to and implement various measures, resolutely prevent major safety accidents from occurring, and effectively safeguard the safety of people's lives and property. Liu Qi, the governor of Jiangxi Province, gave instructions: We must do our best to treat the injured, do a good job in the aftermath such as comforting family members, quickly identify the cause of the accident, and quickly report the fire fighting and casualties as well as the aftermath of the rescue and treatment; we must draw inferences from one example, strengthen safety inspections, and prevent such accidents Happened again.

The Jiangxi Provincial Safety Committee Office stated that the occurrence of this accident fully exposed the failure of some production and business units to investigate hidden dangers and the lack of firm governance. It also exposed the failure of some production and business units to fulfill their main responsibilities for safety production. Inadequate management has especially exposed problems such as inadequate fire safety measures in some construction units and poor safety quality of employees. The lessons are profound.

In this regard, all localities and departments in Jiangxi will immediately carry out fire safety inspections in densely populated places to comprehensively investigate and manage hidden dangers of accidents; strengthen publicity and education, and continuously improve fire safety awareness and emergency response capabilities; seriously investigate and handle Accidents, serious accountability