Shanghai Agricultural Market Fire Eyewitnesses Recall Escape “Crysis”

Shanghai, January 7: "I was unloading fish in the market. Suddenly there was a power outage. When I first saw the smoke, I rushed out." The Shanghai-rated comprehensive agricultural and sideline products wholesale market had a fire on the evening of the 6th. Has caused 5 deaths and 12 injuries. Ms. Wei, who was in the market at the time of the fire, recalled this shock moment to the reporter of China News Service on the 7th.

At the scene, the Anhui migrant worker was dressed in a thick military green coat, and his voice still looked shocked. At the time of the fire, her area was less than a hundred meters away from the escape door. "I didn't have time to think about it. The opposite was my brother's stall. I quickly called them to run." Another Ms. Li said she looked up at the time. The fire arrived and immediately ran away.

This market was put into operation in January 1998. It is a comprehensive wholesale agricultural and sideline products market in Shanghai. It has a meat trading area, a vegetable trading area, and a dry goods trading area for aquatic products and northern and southern markets. The first phase covers an area of ​​8.5 hectares, and the banner of “Creating Ping An Market” is still visible on the venue. Aunt Pan, a local citizen, said that this agricultural market has greatly facilitated the surrounding people. At 20:30 on the evening of the 6th, there was a fire.

When the China News Agency reporter arrived at the scene on the morning of the 7th, in the south gate area where the fire broke out, the charcoal was still smoking and more than 10 firefighters were still extinguishing the fire in the cordon. In the south gate area of ​​the market, a large area of ​​the facade has been burned to a dark spot. After the white tiles on the top are partially blackened, some of the charred objects in the shops at the entrance are stacked.

Zheng Youyong, the fast-food restaurant owner in Yucheng, who is close to the market, said that when the fire broke out, he happened to be there. There were one or two guests in the store. “I heard people knocking on the door next door. We all knew we were on fire and they all ran out.”

People injured in the market fire were sent to Changhai Hospital and Ruijin Hospital for treatment. At the Changhai Hospital, a reporter from the China Burning News Corp., which has treated five seriously injured people, found that relatives and friends of more than 10 injured people are anxiously waiting. Li Changfa, who came to Shanghai to do water production in Anhui Province, escaped from a fire yesterday. However, her parents and sister-in-law and other relatives were injured in varying degrees. Recalling the scenes of the incident, she whimpered and said, "My husband and I were asleep at the time and found the fire and ran toward the door. I just ran back two steps and found that I couldn't go back. The fire rushed over and I ran over people. It's too fast, and the fire is very big. It's a big one and there is no place to hide."

Zhu Shihui, deputy director of the Department of Burns at Changhai Hospital, informed that a total of eight people were sent to Changhai Hospital last night. In addition to the five seriously injured in the intensive care unit, one of the minor injuries has left the hospital and the other two were treated in the general ward. (Finish)

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