Resident's home gas leak explosion killed 1 person

Reading Tip | At about 8:25 yesterday morning, a resident of a Huguangyuan Community in Xihuan Road, Zhengzhou City, exploded. One person died and one was injured. The accident was initially identified as a result of a gas leak. The deceased was a male, surnamed cattle, 22 years old this year.

Incident

After the explosion, the smoke engulfed the residential buildings

“I heard a muffled noise, I thought the earthquake!” Yesterday at 8 am, more than 10 readers one after another called the Dahe Hotline, saying that an inhabitant of Huguangyuan Community exploded and the thick smoke rolled upwards. Rush, almost flooded the 21-storey residential building.

At 9:20, the reporter rushed to the scene. The residential building is located in the northeastern corner of the residential area, identified as Building 50. According to the reporter’s understanding, the building is designed as a ladder with five houses. The explosion point is on the north side of the fourth floor of the building and the room number is 405. The doors and windows have been detached, and the doors and windows of many households and residents around the south of the building have also been blown out of sight.

Under Building 50, the deceased had been unable to distinguish between appearance and gender. From its 34 meters away, the roof and windshield of a black Nissan sedan suffered serious damage. "This vehicle was only bought for two months and it was almost destroyed." A property company official said.

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A 22-year-old man died

At 9:40 in the morning, several leaders from Zhengzhou City and the Central Plains District rushed to the scene to deploy the rescue.

At the scene, according to the relevant personage of Huguangyuan Community Property Company, after the incident, they immediately sent a member to call home to inform other residents of Building 50 to go downstairs to escape. “My family lived on the 16th floor and heard the sound of explosion. Thought that it was a demolition of the house. When he got up and looked out, the smoke was everywhere.” One owner said, feeling that the situation was not good. He and his family hurriedly dipped in towels and hurried off the steps. Due to the impact of the explosion, the elevator was blown out of service and partially twisted into a twist.

The reporter noticed that 50 meters away from the 50th building was an express hotel. The window frame and the iron vegetable washing pond at the entrance had been blown into shape. "These two things were all bombed from the opposite floor." The owner of the hotel, Mr. Song, said that the big explosion that took place stopped the car he parked at the door. Between the Express Hotel and Building 50, due to the impact of shock waves, the doors and windows, air-conditioners, etc., of the 78 simple board rooms were almost completely removed.

At about 10 am, the fire caused by the explosion was completely extinguished and the deceased was transported away. The on-site police introduced that the deceased surnamed Niu, 22 years old this year, is not the owner of the 405, but the relatives of the owner, living in his home.

progress

The government takes the lead in relocating the affected owners

A director of the Luguang community in Huguangyuan Community said that in recent days, in order to cooperate with the police investigation, the electricity and water of the No. 50 building had been interrupted. The 105 owners of the property upstairs had conditions to invest in relatives and friends. If you do not have a condition, you can receive the bedding provided by the civil affairs department and live in the community activity center.

At 7:00 last night, officials from the Propaganda Department of the Central Plains District Party Committee stated that an explosion accident investigation headquarters has been established in the district and commissioned by the Academy of Sciences to make a scientific assessment of damaged houses. This explosion resulted in one death. A property company employee was slightly injured and was initially identified as a result of a gas leak. The reason for this was to investigate further.

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Small detail omissions

It may be a disaster

Gas is closely related to people's lives. How can we use science to eliminate hidden dangers?

According to Ms. Zhang of Zhengzhou Huarun Gas Company, in a confined space, when the concentration of gas leaking in the air reaches 5%-15%, an explosive gas mixture is formed and it will explode in the face of an open flame or spark. Therefore, from a safety point of view, gas leakage must be prevented. To prevent gas leaks, the hose should be replaced every 2 years, and when it is used, don't forget to turn off the fire and close the gas valve.

"A lot of people figure things out and do a good job of extinguishing the fire after a meal and not shutting down the valve." Ms. Zhang said. As everyone knows, this tiny link has already brought a lot of security risks. Some users feel that hoses are not aging and can still be used for several years.

A simple test method is to use a detergent solution to wet the hose, and then open the gas valve to see if there is a bubble overflow - this is an easy way to check if the hose is leaking. In addition, a more important detail is that, regardless of the wind and rain, the windows of the kitchen should not be closed tightly throughout the year, leaving a gap of 45cm. In doing so, the air circulation in the kitchen can be increased. Even if the hose is leaked and gas is spilled, they will quickly float out of the window and will not reach the detonation concentration.

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