According to the statistics of the fire department
For nearly 10 years
Nearly 200,000 fires have been caused by smoking
A considerable part of this is home fire
Case 1
California Garden Fire Residential Building
On January 1, 2020, a fire broke out in Building A4 of the California Garden Community in Yubei District, Chongqing. The fire covered an area of about 970 square meters and affected 111 households. After investigation, the cause of the fire was that Yang Mou, who rented a residence in Building 2-5 of A4, accidentally ignited the quilt by smoking, and discarded the quilt that was not completely extinguished on the balcony, and the quilt re-ignited to ignite the surrounding combustible debris and caused the fire.
Case 2
Burned bed
In the early morning of March 27, 2022, a fire broke out in the bedroom of a residential building in Jiangsu Province. The house that caught fire is a duplex structure and is rented by three employees of the same company. One tenant said that he suddenly smelled strong smoke that night, went out to check the roommate's bed, and finally worked with another colleague to extinguish the open flame. The drunken man recalled: "That night I drank myself, smoked a cigarette in bed, and went to the bathroom. ”
It is reported that the walls of the burning house were burned black, the mattress was also burned through, and other items in the room were destroyed to varying degrees.
Some people may wonder
A little cigarette butt
Is there really such a destructive force?
Yu Zai told you with fire experiments
↓↓↓
We can see
Burning cigarette butts
Throw it on the ground if it doesn't go out
Cigarette butts burn for over 6 minutes!
In the second cigarette butt ignition experiment
We found out
Fall from a burning cigarette butt into the garbage can
To the entire garbage basket was engulfed in flames
Elapsed 6 minutes and 20 seconds
In the third cigarette butt ignition experiment
Fall from a burning cigarette butt into the quilt
To the quilt occurs violent burning
Elapsed 6 minutes and 38 seconds
Tested
Even in winter outdoor conditions
The temperature of the burning cigarette butt
It can also reach 511 °C
This temperature
Much higher than paper and cotton
The ignition point of cloth and wood chips
So
Although the cigarette butts are small, the fire is endless
Well, in everyday life
What are the precautions when smoking?