< p > 24, a fire fighting company in Dongcheng Road, Lu'an Development Zone, Anhui Province, continued to burn for 6 hours. A number of local fire brigades participated in the joint rescue. Even Hefei's fire services were alerted and sent a brigade to support. Around 15:30 that day, the fire was put out. Preliminary estimates of economic losses amounted to tens of millions of dollars. < /p >
< p > < strong > > 1 km away from the fire site, dense smoke > /strong > /p >
< p style= "text-align: justify > > a fire light textile company, named Anhui star" a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" light textile "/a" (Group) Co., Ltd., located on the east city road of Lu'an Development Zone, about 9:40 that day, the reporter went to the scene. In the seven miles from the fire field, seven miles from the big disk, the black column of smoke continued to rise. When the smoke came close to the fire, the smoke was out of the sun, and the smell was unpleasant. < /p >
< p > a factory woman said that about 9:30 or so, she saw a thick smoke coming out of the window of the workshop. After a few minutes, the factory area was cut off, and the fire spread rapidly to the workshop where all the workers began to run quickly. It is reported that a large number of rolled cotton cloth production materials were stacked in the workshop, so in a very short time, the workshop thousands of square meters from east to West was consumed by fire. < /p >
< p > < strong > Hefei firefighting personnel to participate in the fire extinguishing < /strong > < /p >
< p > on the day of the fire, there were more traffic policemen in the Dongcheng road where the company was located. At the gate of the company's factory, several cordon lines were set up, and there were policemen in the factory area to maintain order, so as to prevent the workers in the factory from getting close to the fire. A number of fire brigades in Lu'an city and surrounding counties rushed to the scene. Hefei fire brigade also sent a large group to the scene for rescue. Due to the inconvenience of water intake near the scene, several sprinklers of the sanitation department also came to reinforce. < /p >
< p > fire officers and soldiers said that the first round of fire fighting in the morning soon got results, and the naked fire was extinguished. The workers rescued some of the production materials from the workshop. But because of the a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > cotton cloth < /a > in the workshop, it was inflammable, and then some rekindled. Some of them did not open fire, but the interior was still burning, which brought great difficulty to the rescue work. < /p >
< p > < strong > manufacturers suffered heavy losses and no casualties were reported (/strong > < /p >).
< p > after the fire occurred, < a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_p.asp" > Lu'an < /a > vice mayor Wang Sheng and relevant leaders rushed to the scene to command rescue. After fighting for help, the fire was extinguished around 15:30 yesterday. It is understood that the plant is a labor-intensive enterprise, a large number of production machinery and raw materials in the workshop were burned down, and the estimated economic losses amounted to tens of millions of yuan. < /p >
< p > fortunately, as of last night's press release, no casualties were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. < /p >
< p > cotton, sponge and so on are a kind of substance with low ignition rate. As long as they meet with sparks, they may cause fire. Their fire is easily spread and the way of spreading is concealed. Besides, the packaged cotton also has the characteristics of easy smoldering. This smoldering is usually carried out slowly in local or small areas, and smouldering time is short for several hours, long days, and it is not easy to be found. < /p >