In the early morning of April 7, 2023, a fire broke out in a small area in Fengtai District, Beijing, resulting in two deaths and one injury.
On April 22, 2024, the reporter learned from the China Judgment Document Network that the case was sentenced in the first and second instance, and the defendant Zhou committed the crime of arson and was sentenced to four years and six months in prison.
According to the judgment documents, the Fengtai District People's Court found the following facts: at about 22 o'clock on April 6, 2023, the defendant Zhou was at home in Fengtai District, charging the lithium battery used by his Green Energy brand electric bicycle on the north bedroom table, and at about 4 o'clock on April 7, the charging battery suddenly exploded and caused a fire, and the fire produced a large amount of smoke.
According to the reporter's understanding, the defendant Zhou lived on the first floor of a six-story residential building, and there was an outdoor charging carport only 10 meters away from his home. Guo X is a relative of defendant Zhou, and Huang X and Chen X are a husband and wife living on the sixth floor, and when the fire broke out, the two went downstairs to try to escape.
Guo and Huang died on the same day after rescue efforts failed, and Chen was diagnosed with inhalation injury (severe), multiple burns all over the body, carbon monoxide poisoning, metabolic acidosis combined with respiratory acidosis, etc.
According to the fire accident of the Fengtai District Fire and Rescue Detachment, the fire in this accident was caused by thermal runaway ignition of surrounding combustibles during the charging process of electric bicycle batteries.
Defendant Zhou took the initiative to ask others to report the fire after the incident, and was summoned to the case by the police of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Fengtai District Public Security Bureau at the scene, and truthfully confessed the above facts after arriving at the case.
The Fengtai District People's Court held that the defendant Zhou had a weak sense of law and fire safety, and that his negligence caused the fire that killed two people and injured one person, and that his actions constituted the crime of fire and should be punished in accordance with law. In view of the fact that the defendant Zhou X voluntarily surrendered, voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, and obtained the forgiveness of the victim Guo's legal representative, and gave him a lighter punishment, it is therefore decided that the defendant Zhou X committed the crime of arson and was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment.
After the first-instance verdict was announced, Zhou appealed on the grounds that the sentence was too heavy. The Beijing Municipal No. 2 Intermediate People's Court held that the judgment rendered by the court of first instance on the basis of the facts, nature, and circumstances of Zhou's crime was correctly applied, the sentence was appropriate, and the trial procedures were lawful, and should be upheld.
In the end, the court made a final ruling, rejecting the appellant Zhou's appeal and upholding the original judgment.
E-bike indoor charging
It is very easy to cause safety accidents
E-bike indoor charging
or modify or replace lithium batteries in violation of regulations
It is very easy to cause safety accidents
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The indoor charging of electric vehicles deflagrates instantly
An electric car charging fire broke out in the store
The charging in the corridor of the electric car was deflagrated
Prevent e-bike fires
Keep in mind the seven "don'ts"
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1. It is strictly forbidden to purchase unqualified electric vehicles and accessories. Unqualified, non-standard or over-standard electric vehicles, batteries, wires, and chargers will increase the risk of fire.
2. Unauthorized modification is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized modification of batteries, installation of audio, lighting, etc., is easy to cause overload of the line and cause fire.
3. It is strictly forbidden to park not in accordance with the regulations. It is strictly forbidden to park electric bicycles in housing, underground garages, basements, and semi-basements that have not implemented preventive measures such as fire separation and guardianship.
4. It is strictly forbidden to charge in non-specified areas. It is strictly forbidden to charge in public areas such as public foyers, evacuation passages, stairwells, overhead floors, and safety exits in crowded places and residential buildings, and batteries cannot be taken home for charging.
5. It is strictly forbidden to "fly wire charging". It is strictly forbidden to charge electric bicycles in a way that does not meet the technical standards and management regulations of fire protection such as pulling wires and installing sockets indiscriminately.
6. It is strictly forbidden to charge near flammable products. Electric vehicle charging should be kept away from electric bicycle parking places and flammable and explosive materials made of flammable and combustible materials.
7. It is strictly forbidden to charge for a long time. The vehicle should avoid charging for too long, charging overnight and leaving it unattended, once there is a problem with the battery, wires, etc., it is very easy to cause a fire.
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