Elephant News Reporter Xia Ping/Wen
At 19:29 on February 19, a cement tanker caught fire near the Tanghe Bridge on Provincial Highway 219 in Tangyin County, Anyang City.
After arriving at the scene, the fire rescue personnel learned through investigation and inquiry that the vehicle that caught fire was a cement tank truck, the front part of the car was burning violently and spreading in the direction of the fuel tank, and the flames at the scene were more than 3 meters high, and the smoke at the scene was billowing.
Due to the large traffic flow at the place of the incident, most of them are large trucks, and the fire rescue personnel are divided into two groups, one group to implement vigilance at the scene to avoid secondary accidents; the other group to put out the fire at the site of the fire. After 10 minutes of emergency rescue, the open flame was successfully extinguished. In order to prevent re-ignition, fire rescue personnel completely cooled the fuel tank, tires, and body until the danger was completely eliminated.
After the success of the rescue, the driver was contacted many times for handover, but the driver was still in a frightened state, did not dare to come forward to meet, and after repeated telephone communication, the scene was safe and sound, and the driver was willing to show his face. When the scene was handed over, due to excessive fright, the driver looked panicked, and could not communicate normally for a while without clear speech, and after patient guidance by fire rescue personnel, the driver's mood stabilized.
According to the driver's story, the accident vehicle just replaced the starter, their own driving on the road for performance testing, the front of the car was on fire after the first time did not find the first time, passing vehicles honked the horn to remind themselves to quickly pull over, ready to get off, suddenly found that the door failed, so hurriedly broke the window to escape, and the first time to dial the 119 police for help.
The fire department reminds the majority of drivers: before driving, the vehicle should be inspected for safety status, while doing a good job of vehicle maintenance, checking the high temperature cauterization mutation of the line, replacing the old accessories in time, and should also be equipped with a fire extinguisher, once encountering a fire, you can put out the fire by yourself and dial the 119 alarm for help, so as to minimize the loss.