"War" fire: a secret firefighter 71 hours
Author : Time : 2018-03-02
January 29, at 9 am, a fire broke out on the top floor of the second phase warehouse of Bai Rong Mart in the vicinity of Muxiyuan Bridge, South Third Ring Road in Beijing. 850 officers and soldiers of 62 fire brigade fought for 71 hours with the fire and finally in February At 0830 hours on the 2nd, the fire was completely extinguished. This is the history of fire in Beijing battle the most enduring market fire battle a tough fight. A special detachment soldier Chen Xingda, a 24-year-old Shandong guy, is one of these firefighters.
The first day: open the valve
January 29 morning fire in the mall more than half an hour ago, Chen Xingda is stitching the hospital, not long ago, he just had varicose veins in the hospital for an operation. Back to the army, had just eaten lunch, alarm bell masterpiece, second floor warehouse 100 Mall rushed the fire, command center 119 command immediately reinforcements!
Reconnaissance is the first order Chen Xingda received at the scene.
Mall 1 to 6 is no significant difference, but just rushed to the 7th floor, you know what is "fire cave". "I am out of the police four or five hundred a year, including such a shopping mall fire also seen, but this time Paeon this fire, too rare!" In front of Chen Xingda, 7 storeys in the "smoldering" state - Fire shutter doors all fall, tightly blocking the fire trend, the ceiling is also blocking the smoke, the fire rose up, but the fire warehouse are stored in flammable clothing and shoes and nylon products, these items are Smoldering, speed up the internal temperature.
Chen Xingda described the scene as then: "The store at this time is like an inside cage that has been burned, but the cage is fireproof, so the fire inside is nowhere to vent. What do you feel if you put your hand in the cage at this time?
Sprinkling with sprinkler system to extract the internal smoke, reduce the temperature, become the first step in fire fighting.
"Automatic sprinkler system has been burned, can only be manually opened, manual valve on the left side of the seven-story fire door." Mall official said.
Reconnaissance success, familiar with the terrain Chen Xingda and his comrades under the task, once again back on the air respirator, wear a safety helmet, hand gun to the 7th layer charge.
Smoke like a plume of lead plunged, sinking the entire corridor calmly, how can not dial. On the right is a fire warehouse, surrounded by steel mesh, the flames fired suddenly from the mesh, like the only devil out of hell. A pedestrian can only hand left the hot wall, slowly forward. Chen Xingda sprayed with fireworks to resist flames, cover the front of the stormed group of comrades, but instead lost their protection.
"One piece of heat wave is like bite, body ache, the right ear was like burning." At that moment, Chen Xingda most real feeling is that "from the floor plan, the stairs to the valve only It's about 30 meters away, but it feels long time to go. "
Finally, in front of the comrades open the door to the valve, Chen Xingda first rushed forward, pull the switch at the same time, the air respirator sounded the alarm: lack of oxygen! Feel the water, a pedestrian quickly and safely evacuated back to the 6th floor safety zone.
From outside, the thick black smoke started tumbling out through the broken windows of the 7th floor - the shower worked.
When Chen Xingda came out from the fire, his comrades discovered that his safety helmets had been roasted from white to yellow, and the masks had also been partially roasted. You know, such as safety helmets, up to 260 degrees Celsius can withstand high temperatures.
"It's okay and you can fight." As an "old soldier," a soldier of a special service detachment, Chen Xingda is unusually strong.
The next day: Chisel
Spilled water run out, smoke slowly began to accumulate in the building, high fever, gas, but also arrogant.
"You have to put out the smoke!" Commander plans to dig in the top of the mall, drilling.
This rescue plan, although effective, is dangerous. Ceilings have been roasted all day long and in the event of a tunnel collapse, all firefighters may fall into the fire. And drilling holes, new air influx, but also may increase the fire, the fire out from the hole.
After fire experts, construction experts and mall designer multi-party emergency research and feasibility studies, and ultimately think that drilling feasible. Chen Xingda and his comrades, who spent the night in the fire engines and clothing, received this arduous task.
At 10 a.m., Chen Xingda stood at the top of the mall.
Howling the north wind, the cold to disperse the tired, around as if quiet down, Chen Xingda only clearly hear their own heartbeat. "Will it fall? I will not fall? What should I do if I fall?" For a time, there were innumerable problems in my mind, especially when he thought of family members at an instant, an unprecedented strain Chen Xingda suddenly surrounded with fear.
At this moment, the comrade in arms leaned over Chen Xingda - at this moment, they were using the safety ropes to cover Chen Xingda's waist, and then fixed the ropes at a place 3 meters away. If the ceiling collapsed, his comrades would grab him. "There you have to protect me, there must be no problem!" Chen Xingda comfort comrades, but also to encourage myself.
"唰", put down the safety mask, Chen Xingda firmly kneel down.
Punctured, practiced only in normal training, has never been applied to actual combat. Chen Xingda breathless, eliminate distractions, in accordance with the training steps, first draw a square hole, and then cut in a large square square block. In this way, the gap is small, the fire will not immediately 蹿 out.
After cutting, he took the sledgehammer and gently tapped the square between the squares, slowly chiseling the 12-cm-thick ceiling. At this time, thick smoke 蹿 out, quickly blackened the mask, his comrades immediately opened with a straight water gun black smoke.
Stone cracked, Chen Xingda and hydraulic pliers cut the wrong pieces of steel, and finally can be inserted in the hole in the water gun, twist into flowering mode, a "artificial spray" success.
One day, Chen Xingda and his comrades out of 10 holes of different sizes, the smoke finally get faster and faster.
The third day: inside attack
At 12:30 on January 31, the smoke continued to run away from the windows of the 7th and 8th floors, but gradually there was a grayish white smoke - white smoke was vaporized and smoke reduced, indicating less smoldering burning matter A lot.
The timing of the offensive, the time is set at 1 pm.
After wearing good equipment, Chen Xingda Gudong Gudong breath drink a bottle of mineral water. "Sore throat was so painful that I was so tired I could not eat anything and could only drink more water."
Like Chen Xingda, many firefighters did not eat anything for two days and two nights and supported mainly by water. Moreover, due to cold weather, food is quickly frozen in the outdoor ice lumps, that is, want to eat is also very difficult to swallow.
Two days ago, Chen Xingda attacked all of them from the burning west side. This time, he was arranged to attack from the southeastern part of the country and get through the inside from the 7th floor. He and the other team met at the southwest mouth.
At this time inside the mall, 1 to 6 layers like the water curtain hole, water rushing down from above, ticking on the ground, the staircase handrails and the ground are ice, the temperature is estimated at only zero degrees Celsius or Lower.
Can just arrived at the 7th floor, the temperature soared, sweat like being suddenly sucked out from the body as high temperature, the whole body instantly drenched.
Chen Xingda is also the leader, with a flowering pistol open to protect his comrades. The water splashed out, and most of the bream turned into steam, steam drifting overhead, turning it into water. Can be sprayed to the cold water, falling is boiling water, some water to avoid the rear curtain of the helmet, direct fire into the neck of the fireman, a while to burn out a bunch of foam.
Eventually, the shutter door, which closed almost three days, was opened by firefighters - the shelves were staggering and some were burned and deformed on the ground, some leaning against the wall and the goods turned into dark "mud" .
Firefighters are trekking in the mud, deep, shallow legs, and sometimes the boots are stuck. All the way along the wall, encountered obstacles to break down, and finally, opened up a passage.
At half past five in the afternoon, Chen Xingda looked tired, carrying the exhausted air respirator and reporting "the task was completed."
"Only open a channel in order to complete the internal investigation, or do not know what the real fire is present, you can determine the structure of the main seven-story structure, you can continue to attack the 8." Chen Xingda drank a few saliva, he knew The importance of their own tasks, so only a break for a long time, night into the scene, moving the mobile water cannons, smoke machines, rescue around.
"The fire is completely extinguished!" At 8:30 on February 1, finally good news came. After 71 hours of fighting, the fire was finally bowed.
The first day: open the valve
January 29 morning fire in the mall more than half an hour ago, Chen Xingda is stitching the hospital, not long ago, he just had varicose veins in the hospital for an operation. Back to the army, had just eaten lunch, alarm bell masterpiece, second floor warehouse 100 Mall rushed the fire, command center 119 command immediately reinforcements!
Reconnaissance is the first order Chen Xingda received at the scene.
Mall 1 to 6 is no significant difference, but just rushed to the 7th floor, you know what is "fire cave". "I am out of the police four or five hundred a year, including such a shopping mall fire also seen, but this time Paeon this fire, too rare!" In front of Chen Xingda, 7 storeys in the "smoldering" state - Fire shutter doors all fall, tightly blocking the fire trend, the ceiling is also blocking the smoke, the fire rose up, but the fire warehouse are stored in flammable clothing and shoes and nylon products, these items are Smoldering, speed up the internal temperature.
Chen Xingda described the scene as then: "The store at this time is like an inside cage that has been burned, but the cage is fireproof, so the fire inside is nowhere to vent. What do you feel if you put your hand in the cage at this time?
Sprinkling with sprinkler system to extract the internal smoke, reduce the temperature, become the first step in fire fighting.
"Automatic sprinkler system has been burned, can only be manually opened, manual valve on the left side of the seven-story fire door." Mall official said.
Reconnaissance success, familiar with the terrain Chen Xingda and his comrades under the task, once again back on the air respirator, wear a safety helmet, hand gun to the 7th layer charge.
Smoke like a plume of lead plunged, sinking the entire corridor calmly, how can not dial. On the right is a fire warehouse, surrounded by steel mesh, the flames fired suddenly from the mesh, like the only devil out of hell. A pedestrian can only hand left the hot wall, slowly forward. Chen Xingda sprayed with fireworks to resist flames, cover the front of the stormed group of comrades, but instead lost their protection.
"One piece of heat wave is like bite, body ache, the right ear was like burning." At that moment, Chen Xingda most real feeling is that "from the floor plan, the stairs to the valve only It's about 30 meters away, but it feels long time to go. "
Finally, in front of the comrades open the door to the valve, Chen Xingda first rushed forward, pull the switch at the same time, the air respirator sounded the alarm: lack of oxygen! Feel the water, a pedestrian quickly and safely evacuated back to the 6th floor safety zone.
From outside, the thick black smoke started tumbling out through the broken windows of the 7th floor - the shower worked.
When Chen Xingda came out from the fire, his comrades discovered that his safety helmets had been roasted from white to yellow, and the masks had also been partially roasted. You know, such as safety helmets, up to 260 degrees Celsius can withstand high temperatures.
"It's okay and you can fight." As an "old soldier," a soldier of a special service detachment, Chen Xingda is unusually strong.
The next day: Chisel
Spilled water run out, smoke slowly began to accumulate in the building, high fever, gas, but also arrogant.
"You have to put out the smoke!" Commander plans to dig in the top of the mall, drilling.
This rescue plan, although effective, is dangerous. Ceilings have been roasted all day long and in the event of a tunnel collapse, all firefighters may fall into the fire. And drilling holes, new air influx, but also may increase the fire, the fire out from the hole.
After fire experts, construction experts and mall designer multi-party emergency research and feasibility studies, and ultimately think that drilling feasible. Chen Xingda and his comrades, who spent the night in the fire engines and clothing, received this arduous task.
At 10 a.m., Chen Xingda stood at the top of the mall.
Howling the north wind, the cold to disperse the tired, around as if quiet down, Chen Xingda only clearly hear their own heartbeat. "Will it fall? I will not fall? What should I do if I fall?" For a time, there were innumerable problems in my mind, especially when he thought of family members at an instant, an unprecedented strain Chen Xingda suddenly surrounded with fear.
At this moment, the comrade in arms leaned over Chen Xingda - at this moment, they were using the safety ropes to cover Chen Xingda's waist, and then fixed the ropes at a place 3 meters away. If the ceiling collapsed, his comrades would grab him. "There you have to protect me, there must be no problem!" Chen Xingda comfort comrades, but also to encourage myself.
"唰", put down the safety mask, Chen Xingda firmly kneel down.
Punctured, practiced only in normal training, has never been applied to actual combat. Chen Xingda breathless, eliminate distractions, in accordance with the training steps, first draw a square hole, and then cut in a large square square block. In this way, the gap is small, the fire will not immediately 蹿 out.
After cutting, he took the sledgehammer and gently tapped the square between the squares, slowly chiseling the 12-cm-thick ceiling. At this time, thick smoke 蹿 out, quickly blackened the mask, his comrades immediately opened with a straight water gun black smoke.
Stone cracked, Chen Xingda and hydraulic pliers cut the wrong pieces of steel, and finally can be inserted in the hole in the water gun, twist into flowering mode, a "artificial spray" success.
One day, Chen Xingda and his comrades out of 10 holes of different sizes, the smoke finally get faster and faster.
The third day: inside attack
At 12:30 on January 31, the smoke continued to run away from the windows of the 7th and 8th floors, but gradually there was a grayish white smoke - white smoke was vaporized and smoke reduced, indicating less smoldering burning matter A lot.
The timing of the offensive, the time is set at 1 pm.
After wearing good equipment, Chen Xingda Gudong Gudong breath drink a bottle of mineral water. "Sore throat was so painful that I was so tired I could not eat anything and could only drink more water."
Like Chen Xingda, many firefighters did not eat anything for two days and two nights and supported mainly by water. Moreover, due to cold weather, food is quickly frozen in the outdoor ice lumps, that is, want to eat is also very difficult to swallow.
Two days ago, Chen Xingda attacked all of them from the burning west side. This time, he was arranged to attack from the southeastern part of the country and get through the inside from the 7th floor. He and the other team met at the southwest mouth.
At this time inside the mall, 1 to 6 layers like the water curtain hole, water rushing down from above, ticking on the ground, the staircase handrails and the ground are ice, the temperature is estimated at only zero degrees Celsius or Lower.
Can just arrived at the 7th floor, the temperature soared, sweat like being suddenly sucked out from the body as high temperature, the whole body instantly drenched.
Chen Xingda is also the leader, with a flowering pistol open to protect his comrades. The water splashed out, and most of the bream turned into steam, steam drifting overhead, turning it into water. Can be sprayed to the cold water, falling is boiling water, some water to avoid the rear curtain of the helmet, direct fire into the neck of the fireman, a while to burn out a bunch of foam.
Eventually, the shutter door, which closed almost three days, was opened by firefighters - the shelves were staggering and some were burned and deformed on the ground, some leaning against the wall and the goods turned into dark "mud" .
Firefighters are trekking in the mud, deep, shallow legs, and sometimes the boots are stuck. All the way along the wall, encountered obstacles to break down, and finally, opened up a passage.
At half past five in the afternoon, Chen Xingda looked tired, carrying the exhausted air respirator and reporting "the task was completed."
"Only open a channel in order to complete the internal investigation, or do not know what the real fire is present, you can determine the structure of the main seven-story structure, you can continue to attack the 8." Chen Xingda drank a few saliva, he knew The importance of their own tasks, so only a break for a long time, night into the scene, moving the mobile water cannons, smoke machines, rescue around.
"The fire is completely extinguished!" At 8:30 on February 1, finally good news came. After 71 hours of fighting, the fire was finally bowed.
