【Accident】Explosive welding in Jinan Chemical Warehouse caused a fire accident

Accident scene (1)

Accident site (2)

At about 13:35 on October 21, the Xihe Village chemical plant in Lihua Road, Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, caught fire and exploded. The reporter learned that what caught fire was the warehouse of Jinan Xinlonghai Industry & Trade Co., Ltd., which had stored some chemical raw materials. As the owner expanded by himself, welding caused a fire. (EHS.CN)

Two explosions occurred

There is a sense of quake about two kilometers away

At half past sixteen, when reporters followed a fire truck and arrived at the scene, the scene was still full of smoke and clouds. From the scene, the area of ​​fire is relatively large, and hundreds of square meters of the reservoir area are emitting smoke everywhere. Workers at a nearby gravel plant told the reporter that two explosions occurred successively at the time of the incident. Some bricks were bombed several hundred meters away.

“I was at home and I suddenly heard a loud noise. I quickly ran out.” Mr. Zhu, who lives nearby, said that when he went out, he discovered that there was a white smoke in a place in the northeast where he suspected of a factory warehouse. Then there was ten. A few meters of fire burst into the air.

Mr. Zhu said that although his home was located close to two kilometers away from the incident, the explosion at that time was particularly strong and the house was shaken very hard. Mr. Chen, who lives in a dormitory near a fire warehouse, also said that the explosion was particularly strong. "I saw the walls and furniture are shaking, I thought it was an earthquake, and when I saw the smoke, I knew it was on fire."

Fire hydrant on site

Take water from a foul ditch

On the way to the fire, the reporter saw that the window glass near the warehouse was shattered during the explosion. There were many pieces of broken glass on the ground, and several fire engines were parked next to the fire warehouse. Fire officers and soldiers were trying to extinguish the fire. However, after an hour passed, there were still some areas with more fire.

According to nearby workers, a chemical warehouse in the northeast was the first to explode and then ignited other warehouses on the west side, including a warehouse of a furniture factory. The reporter saw the fireworks on the northeastern side of the warehouse rising from time to time after the fireworks explosion, suspected of storing fireworks and other flammable and explosive materials.

Earlier it was reported that the explosion of the chemical warehouse was caused by the explosion of the gas pipeline. The reporter noted that the staff of Hong Kong and China Gas also rushed to the scene to investigate. Due to the suspected storage of chemicals in the fire warehouse, many villagers wore masks for fear of toxic substances in the smoke, and the environmental protection department also arranged a test vehicle to rush to the site to monitor whether there were abnormal organic pollutants.

According to nearby villagers, there may be no fire hydrants in the factories that caught fire, so fire officers and soldiers had to fetch water from a stinking ditch one kilometer away from the factory. The reporter saw that the water quality in the smelly ditch was black, and the leaked sewage was very pungent at the water pipe connection, making the on-site crowds unbearable.

Caused by the explosion

Both were slightly injured

According to the 120 emergency personnel at the scene, one person was injured in the explosion and was taken to the Second Institute of Shanda for treatment. There are still many ambulances on the spot, and it is not clear whether there are other wounded. The reporter learned from the Second Aid Center at Shanda University that the hospital received a total of two wounded people near the site of the explosion. One of them was not seriously injured. When the reporter arrived, he left the hospital. Another wounded person had multiple injuries to his head and face. A security guard at the hospital told reporters that when the afternoon came, the old man had a lot of blood on his face, but his consciousness was still relatively clear.

Later, the reporter met the old man in the emergency room and the doctor was treating him. The old man had a simple dressing on his head and there was still a lot of blood on his face and he had been dry. "I was in the warehouse and suddenly exploded. I was bruised." The old man told reporters. According to the surgeon, the hospital did CT on him. The injury was not serious. The head and face were injured by the glass residue. There should be no major problems after bandaging.

According to an old man's coworker, the old man surnamed Yin, 65, and a foreigner, worked alone in Jinan. At present, the family has not yet arrived at the hospital. He can only handle the relevant procedures. His co-workers said that at the time of the incident, the old man was at a warehouse about 30 meters away from the explosion warehouse. "I didn't expect that his warehouse could be so shocked."

Fire caused by welding

Responsible person has been controlled

As of 17 o'clock, the fire still has not been completely extinguished. Due to the impact of the fire, traffic control has been implemented at the North Gate of Gassao Agricultural Trade City to the east of Shengli Road. At 17:07, the Jinan Public Security and Jinan Fire Department reported that the fire occurred in the warehouse of Jinan Xinlonghai Industry & Trade Co., Ltd. and the ignition substance was hydrogen peroxide storage tanks, sodium chlorate, nitrous acid and other additives, paper products, and books.

The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee that the fire warehouse was leased by Xinlonghai Industry & Trade Co., Ltd. The 300 square meter warehouse of Xihe Village, Hehua Road, Licheng District, Licheng District, was stored with some chemical raw materials. Because the owner himself expanded, the welding caused a fire accident, causing Other neighboring neighboring timber and sundries warehouses caught fire and burned an area of ​​about 1,000 square meters. As of 16:00, the fire has been controlled. After a preliminary investigation, except for one injured person, no other casualties were found. The environmental protection department did not detect abnormal organic pollutants on site and the relevant responsible persons were controlled.