Interlude It's not all about saving the world...(1/2)
On the edge of Dongjiang District in Beijing, it’s dark at 4:30 in the morning,
The community of single-family villas, a place where only the rich can afford to live, is quiet when everyone is sleeping, but this silence...
A villa was completely destroyed when a fire broke out!
"It's on fire! It's on fire!! Call the police! Call the police!!!"
Screams rang out from the duty room of the property. It was discovered that the fire was already serious and beyond their ability to deal with it. The security guards on duty anxiously woke up other people to call the police, and they all rushed there with fire extinguishers in panic!
Thanks to the empty streets in the early morning and the rational planning of Beijing, the nearest fire station within a radius of five kilometers arrived at the scene within ten minutes.
The long blaring sirens awakened everyone nearby from their dreams. Many people in the community put on their coats and gathered around worriedly.
Look at the villa with the whole house in flames!
Sirens! Fire explosions! Collapse sounds! Water gun sounds! Wind sounds! Shouts!
Surrounded by worried crowds, firefighters aimed their water cannons at the burning house that was beginning to collapse, and sprayed water to organize rescue operations. The flames and white gas rushed into the night noisily!
"Have the people been rescued yet?!"
"hurry up!!"
"Block that way! Don't let the fire spread!!!"
"Please keep your distance! Please keep your distance!!!"
The cause seemed to be an electrical fire. The property cut off all nearby power supplies. The only source of light in the dark environment was the villa that was seriously on fire.
While the crowd was worried and agitated, the firefighters relied on shouting to communicate and control the scene when the situation was critical!
Then at this time, the entrance to the villa that had been sawed off and dismantled,
In a house filled with flames and smoke, several silhouettes finally appeared!
As the onlookers screamed, two firefighters rushed out carrying a couple on their shoulders!
"120! Isn't 120 here yet!?"
While extinguishing the flames on their bodies, the fire captain in charge shouted hoarsely to the surroundings,
The most deadly thing in a fire is the thick smoke that can make people unable to breathe, not to mention a time like 4:30 in the morning when people are asleep, even if they are not aware of it, they may die directly!
The rescued male owner of the villa was suffocated and unconscious...
However, the siren sounded high and low, and the ambulance rushed to the scene at the last moment. The ambulance personnel ran down with the emergency cart and immediately began to give him first aid!
But when they wanted to help the hostess, who was also coughing violently and had burns on her body, into the ambulance,
But she pushed him away!
Then I saw her desperately grabbing the firefighter next to her, looking at the burning villa, with fear of losing something, eyes wide open with tears!
"My son! My son is still inside! On the second floor!!"
Listening to her trembling and rapid words, the rough and ordinary face under the red helmet struggled, and the fire captain looked into her eyes and spoke in a deep voice:
"The fire inside spread too fast, and the roof began to collapse. It's no longer possible to enter in this situation. I can't risk the lives of the team members..."
"Please! I beg you! Please save my son! Save my son! I beg you! I beg you!!!"
But before he could finish speaking, the woman fell to the ground crying. Her usual wealth and social status were all useless at this moment. She watched her child still in the burning house, but could do nothing.
,
She could only repeat this sentence over and over again, saying the humblest prayer, like a cuckoo crying for blood, shouting at the top of her lungs.
Standing there watching this scene for a moment, the fire captain looked towards the fire scene. The entire top was orange and red, flames were flying from the window, and dark smoke billowed out from inside.
The whole villa is like an evil devil's face, trying to choose people to devour!
But looking at the humble and crying mother in front of me, thinking of the parents whose children were killed and crying until they fainted, and thinking of the orphaned children with blank eyes,
This profession has seen too many tragedies, which made him grit his teeth in the end, and then shouted to the team members on the other side:
"Give me the fireproof suit!!"
It is not always possible to provide scientific rescue and minimize the risk...
"team leader!??"
The crying woman was stunned. The firefighter who had just rushed out looked at him who had grabbed the respirator. After being surprised, he immediately shouted anxiously to dissuade him:
"No! The collapse inside is very serious! And there is a risk of a gas explosion at any time! Captain, if you go in now, you will die..."
"I said give me fireproof clothing!!!"
But the fire chief looked at him and emphasized with almost roar!
In principle, when the risk is obviously too great or the possibility of rescue is extremely low, firefighters can refuse to take risks.
After all, they are also human beings, and their lives are also lives.
But maybe for them, this is not the only principle.
So the team member, who still had a face full of black dust, could only watch anxiously but speechlessly as the captain put on his fireproof clothing and rushed into the sea of flames shrouded in dark smoke alone!
The survival rate is no more than 30%!
But at this moment when he was desperately trying to suppress the fire and pray for the other party's safety,
A black shadow fell directly into the crowd of onlookers through the darkness of the night. Before all the firefighters could react and wanted to stop, they rushed into the villa from the crowd!
The choking darkness was mixed with the shining firelight, making it difficult to see, and there was a pinprick-like burning pain in my hands and face, even though I was wearing fire-proof clothing.
It also feels as hot as being in an oven!
Click - bang!
The wooden beams broke and made a crashing sound. A large number of high-end retro-style solid wood furniture became the best weapon of Death at this moment!
With difficulty, I confirmed the direction of the stairs. My feet were burning, my head was burning, and my sides were burning. A sea of thick smoke and fire rushed past the charred furniture in the living room.
Praying that the stairs were intact, the fire chief climbed up to the second floor using both hands and feet!
My eyes were almost unable to open due to the thick smoke, and the fireproof suit I was wearing could hardly hold on anymore, but for some reason I didn’t hear the sound of burning or collapse.
He finally found the kid's room!
The door handle was burning red and hot, and the door lock seemed to have melted and stuck. Cursing the situation at this moment, the fire chief took a step back, gritted his teeth and prepared to smash the door open!
boom--
It was unexpectedly easy, but there was no time to be surprised. The first time he ran into the house, he searched for someone, and then found a child curled up on the ground coughing under the table.
The corners of my eyes that were sweaty, blackened, and full of wrinkles were finally relieved!
He crawled over to the child, took off the respirator and pressed it on his face. The feeling of suffocation that made it difficult to breathe suddenly came over him. He grabbed a soaked towel and covered his mouth and nose.
But at the moment when the fire chief picked up the child and was about to rush out,
Wow——!!!!
There was an unprecedented loud sound above the head, the entire roof burned and collapsed, and the roaring blazing heat caused fatal death!
Completely out of instinct, I hugged my child and threw him down. At this moment, my mind flashed through my wife and children, my elderly parents, firefighters, and the oath of enlistment...
Then as soon as he didn't feel that he was being suppressed, he decisively picked up the child and rushed out!
And being held in his arms over his shoulders, the child was instantly blazing in the firelight,
Saw an incredible scene,
A golden and dark figure stood in the burning room, with all the collapsed rubble floating around him...
boom------!
Then at the moment when the fire captain rushed out of the sea of fire with the child in his arms,
The obstacles cleared on the ground, the furniture moved away, the stairs stuck together, and the doors cut open were all submerged by the flames of the gas explosion!
When they saw that they were safe, cheers rang out from the crowd!
The tension in the heart a moment ago disappeared. The fire burning in the villa was slowly suppressed by the water sprayed by the fire truck. In the firelight after the crisis passed,
The woman couldn't even express her thanks and could only hold the child in her arms tightly and cry out in fear.
"team leader!"
"Captain! Are you okay?"
To express safety to the team members, the fire chief took off his hat, revealing only an ordinary face that was darkened by smoke and full of wind and sun.
"Captain, where is the other person!?"
"What about that other person? When I came out just now, I was the only one inside."
Wei Wei looked at the team members in front of him who were in self-doubt. He was still frightened when he remembered just now. He was surprised that he was fine in this situation and rushed out before the explosion.
After wiping away the dirty sweat in fear, the fire chief was suddenly stunned.
He looked at the soaked towel on his hand and wondered where it came from.
The child, who was held in the arms of his crying mother and was a little dazed after inhaling too much smoke and dust, raised his head when he wanted to thank another person.
To be continued...