Nine Hour Fire Fighting In Haining Jintai Textile Factory

At about 22:35 on October 20, Haining Fire Protection received a call from the masses saying that Jintai, Yunlong Village, Zhouwangmiao Town spin A fire broke out in the factory. It seems that the whole factory is burning, and the fire is very serious. After receiving the alarm, Haining Brigade quickly dispatched 2 vehicles and 10 people to the scene for disposal, and decisively mobilized 7 full-time fire brigades, including Salt Officer, Chang'an and Dingqiao, 8 vehicles and 44 people to rush to the scene for reinforcement.

After the firefighters arrived at the scene, Master Wang, an enterprise employee waiting at the roadside to guide him, gasped: "I heard the crackling sound at ten o'clock, my wife said something, was she setting off firecrackers? When I looked at the window, it was all fire, and then saw two workers running down from the dormitory, I immediately ran to call them. They were all there!"

"I was scared to death! I almost couldn't escape! When I ran down, all the exits were blocked by fire. Fortunately, two men jumped from the second floor to a car downstairs when they saw the situation was wrong, and then they picked us up with the villagers who came from nearby." The female employee beside cried in horror. It is reported that more than 10 employees successfully rescued themselves from the dormitory after the fire.

The fire is quite fierce and tends to burn more and more. After seeing the situation, the firefighters laid water bags and quickly put into fire fighting. At 23:42, Dingqiao full-time team arrived; At about 0:30 on the 21st, four professional teams, including Xieqiao and Haichang, arrived at the scene one after another, and immediately devoted themselves to rescue.

After more than 9 hours of fighting, the fire was completely extinguished by 7:41 a.m. on the 21st.

According to the survey, the building on fire is a brick concrete structure with two floors above the ground. The materials on fire are textile raw materials, mainly cotton cloth 。 The fire area is about 2000 square meters. Fortunately, there were not many people in the factory at that time, and they all evacuated safely in time, without causing casualties.

The specific cause of the fire is still under further investigation.