Results of Taiyi Mountain Fire Accident Treatment

Nine people including Han Guolin, the actual controller of Taiyuan Taiyi Mountain Slide World Agriculture and Forestry Ecological Amusement Park Co., Ltd., were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and fines.

On October 1, 2020, a major fire accident occurred in the Ice Sculpture Hall of Taiyuan Taiyi Mountain Skating World Agricultural and Forestry Ecological Amusement Park Co., Ltd. located in Xiaoshangou Village, Haozhuang Town, Yingze District, Taiyuan City, killing 13 people. , 15 people were injured, the fire area was about 2,258 square meters, and the direct economic loss was 17.8997 million yuan.

1. The direct cause and nature of the accident:

1. The main reasons for the rapid spread of the fire: First, the extensive use of flammable and combustible polyurethane insulation materials and polystyrene in the ice sculpture museum Sandwich color steel plate and polyurethane material have low ignition point and burn very quickly. After the fire breaks out, the fire will expand and spread rapidly. Second, when a fire breaks out, the fire spreads rapidly from west to east under the influence of wind. Third, after the polystyrene sandwich color steel plate partition wall burned, the ice sculpture tourist area and the train passage were connected. After the fire broke out, it quickly spread to the entire ice sculpture museum.

2. The main reasons for heavy casualties: First, after the fire, flammable and combustible materials such as polyurethane and polystyrene burned in a large area, producing a large amount of high-temperature and toxic smoke; second, the ice sculpture tourist area The tour route was designed complexly. At the time of the incident, the ice sculpture tourist area was artificially powered off, and there were no staff on site to guide the evacuation. Third, the evacuation channels in the ice sculpture museum were not smooth. Three of the five exits were artificially blocked or fastened, and one could not be exited. Open inside. The above reasons result in tourists being unable to escape in time when a fire occurs, resulting in casualties due to carbon monoxide poisoning, respiratory thermal burns, traumatic shock and other reasons.

3. The investigation determined that the "10·1" fire accident in the Ice Sculpture Hall of Taiyuan Taiyi Mountain Skating World Agricultural and Forestry Ecological Amusement Park Co., Ltd. was a major production safety accident.

2. Fire accident handling results

On April 28, 2022, the People’s Court of Yingze District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province ordered the Ice Sculpture Museum of the Taiyuan Taiyi Mountain Skating World Agricultural and Forestry Ecological Amusement Park in accordance with the law. The first instance of a major fire accident case will be pronounced publicly.

The court held that nine people including Guo Lin, the actual controller of Taiyuan Taiyi Mountain Sliding World Agricultural and Forestry Ecological Amusement Park Co., Ltd., violated relevant safety management regulations during production and operation, resulting in a serious casualty accident, and the circumstances were special. Both cases constitute the crime of major liability accidents. In order to evade investigation and prosecution, the company's actual controller Han Hanguo Lin and the financial director Hanguo Zhen concealed the accounting vouchers, accounting books, and financial accounting reports that should be kept according to law. The circumstances were serious and constituted the crime of concealing accounting vouchers, accounting books, and financial accounting reports. .

Based on the facts of each defendant’s crime, the nature and circumstances of the crime, and the degree of harm to society, the court made a judgment in accordance with the law. The actual controller of the company, Han Guolin, was convicted of major liability accidents, concealing accounting vouchers, accounting books, and financial accounting reports. He was sentenced to six years in prison and fined for several crimes. Eight people, including Han Wei, the legal representative of the company, Han Jianjun, the person in charge of the ice sculpture hall, and other relevant staff were all guilty of serious accidents and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from four years and six months to three years. The company's financial director, Han Guozhen, and three others were found guilty of concealing accounting vouchers, accounting books, and financial accounting reports. They were each sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from one to six months, and were fined or fined alone.

During the trial of the case, the court protected the litigation rights of the defendant Han Guolin and others in accordance with the law, and invited some deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to observe. After the verdict was announced, the defendant Han Guolin and others expressed their guilt and repentance in court and would not appeal.

Legal basis:

"Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 64 Article 64 Violation of the provisions of this law, Anyone who commits any of the following acts, but does not constitute a crime, shall be detained for not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be given a warning or be fined not more than five hundred yuan:

< p>(1) Instructing or forcing others to violate fire safety regulations and perform risky operations;

(2) Negligently causing a fire;

(3) Preventing the alarm after a fire occurs , or the person responsible for reporting fails to call the police in time;

(4) Disturbing the order of the fire scene, or refusing to carry out the instructions of the fire scene commander, affecting fire fighting and rescue;

(5) Deliberately destroying or forging fire scenes;

(6) Unsealing or using places or parts sealed by fire rescue agencies without authorization.

"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 114: Arson fire, breach of water, explosion, and release of poisonous, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or Anyone who endangers public safety by other dangerous methods without causing serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.

Article 115: Setting fires, breaking water, exploding, releasing poisonous, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or using other dangerous methods to cause serious injury or death to people or causing heavy losses to public or private property , shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, life imprisonment or death. Anyone who negligently commits the crime in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; if the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.