Peninsula all-media reporter Ma Zhengtuo
On the evening of January 17, a private car in the north-south direction of Chongqing Middle Road in Qingdao suddenly spontaneously ignited, and the flame was as high as one person. Just when the owner of the car was at a loss to extinguish the fire, the buses, online ride-hailing cars, and private car drivers who passed by since then have reached out to help, carrying the on-board fire extinguisher to help extinguish the fire, until the fire truck arrives to completely extinguish the fire, and everyone leaves. Citizens who saw this scene praised it! Although everyone did not know each other, no one stood by and watched at the critical moment, and the scene of working together to extinguish the fire was touching.
At about 6:05 p.m. on the 17th, Shi Hongliang, the driver of Qingdao City Transport Holdings Bus Group Licang Bus Company No. 130, drove the bus to the vicinity of Dacun Station on Chongqing Middle Road, when he suddenly saw a white car on the side of the road in front of him was on fire, the engine flame was as high as one person, and the smoke covered multiple lanes, it was the evening peak, the traffic on the road was dense, and the passing vehicles were detoured.
At the critical moment, Shi Hongliang quickly stopped the vehicle and rushed forward with a fire extinguisher to fight. At almost the same time, Zhuang Jun, the driver of the 608 road of the warm bus, also discovered the danger and did not hesitate to stop and go to help extinguish the fire. "The fire was so big that we ran out of fire extinguishers in quick succession, but we couldn't hold the fire down." Shi Hongliang recalled that seeing that the spontaneous combustion vehicle was still smoking, in order to find the ignition point as soon as possible, he tried to open the hood, but because the fire was too large, his hand was accidentally burned.
Just when everyone was busy fighting the fire, there were many buses passing by one after another, 213 Road, 306 Road, 374 Road, 605 Road, etc. After the driver saw the danger, without exception, he quickly stopped and rushed to the fire vehicle with a fire extinguisher. Some online ride-hailing vehicles and private cars equipped with fire extinguishers have also reached out to help, regardless of their own safety.
"The whole fire extinguishing process lasted more than ten minutes, and more than 10 enthusiastic people participated in the rescue and used more than ten fire extinguishers." Shi Hongliang recalled that with the concerted efforts of everyone, the fire of the spontaneous combustion vehicle was finally controlled, and then the fire truck also rushed to the scene to completely extinguish the fire. The drivers involved in the fire fighting left the scene separately.
"It's really difficult for one side, and the eight parties support it!" "Although everyone doesn't know each other, when they see the vehicle catching fire, they all rush forward to help, which is really good!" "Or there are many people and great strength, and it is good to unite and do things"... Passengers on the bus witnessed the whole process of firefighting and praised these enthusiastic drivers who reached out to help.
"At that time, the fire extinguisher was like a love baton, and I was also very touched by the fact that everyone rushed forward to extinguish the fire." Shi Hongliang said afterwards that in the process of daily driving, there will be a variety of unexpected situations, and there is no ambiguity about what can help.
Video: More than a dozen passing drivers relay fire fighting