Chapter 827 559: Playing with Fire, Getting Burned
The person in charge at the police station, Yun Bing, has already arrived here immediately to help rescue the injured.
At the same time, Cao Jin, the fire department captain, also arrived here with his team immediately, but after seeing the situation, his face turned grave.
Because inside Guoli Mall, the situation is unclear, not only is there dense smoke, but also open flames are burning, making the situation look very critical.
After Cao Jin appeared, Yun Bing went over to discuss rescue plans with him.
Meanwhile, doctors and nurses from the city hospital also came here, coordinating manpower to treat the wounded.
"How is it, Captain Yun, what is the situation inside now?"
Cao Jin looked at Yun Bing and asked.
Since Yun Bing and his team arrived earlier, after all, this place is near the police station, when they learned of the incident, Yun Bing immediately brought people over to help.
He surely also learned about the situation inside from the words of the injured who escaped from the mall.
"Based on the information we have now, there are over eighty people trapped inside the mall, but they are all concentrated on the second floor, and currently the entire first floor is engulfed in fire, spreading up to the second floor, the situation does not look optimistic."
Yun Bing did not hold back, quickly summarizing the situation inside.
"Where is the person in charge of the mall?"
Cao Jin asked.
"I'm here, I am the person in charge of the mall, my name is Wang Zhen."
A middle-aged man in a suit immediately appeared in front of Cao Jin, anxiously wiping the sweat from his forehead as he spoke.
"Firefighter, please, extinguish the fire quickly, lives are at stake!"
With Guoli Mall on fire, reaching this stage means the mall is pretty much doomed. Fortunately, insurance was purchased, allowing the insurance company to compensate part of the losses.
However, as the general manager, he is essentially finished because the entire mall has been destroyed, and the financial losses are incalculable.
The key issue is that the mall is now useless and is utterly ruined.
Cao Jin said solemnly,
"I know lives are at stake. Do you have a layout of the mall? Also, where are the fire hydrants in your mall, quickly tell us."
Wang Zhen hesitated for a moment and said,
"The layout is here, but the fire hydrants, aren't they unnecessary? Don't you have fire trucks? Can't you put out the fire using them?"
Cao Jin furrowed his brows and said,
"How much water can the fire trucks hold? With a blaze this size, the water in the fire trucks is simply not enough. Stop dilly-dallying, quickly lead our people to the fire hydrants. By the way, have you found out the cause of the fire?"
Yun Bing nodded and said,
"Found it, a mischievous child snuck into a clothing store's storage area and secretly smoked a cigarette, and the cigarette butt lit the storage room on fire. By the time the staff noticed the situation, the fire had already grown. Then someone hurriedly went to find a fire hydrant, but when the hose was connected, there was no water in the hydrant!"
As soon as Yun Bing finished speaking, the veins on Cao Jin's forehead popped out with anger, feeling like pinning the manager to the ground and beating him up.
Such a large mall having such a severe oversight in fire safety, with no water in the fire hydrants, is simply playing with fire.
"You really are brave, such a large mall without water, is this how you do business? With such a significant safety hazard, I can't figure it out, how do you pass the monthly fire safety inspections?"
Cao Jin angrily scolded.
"Uh, who could think someone would start a fire here? The mall has been operating for six years without an incident, so we didn't pay much attention to checking the water in the hydrants, who would have thought a fire would occur? Firefighter, please focus on extinguishing the fire and saving people now."
Wang Zhen hurriedly said.
Then, Cao Jin turned away from Wang Zhen, gathered over twenty firefighters in front of the fire truck, explained the situation, and all the firefighters showed angry expressions learning the mall had no water. But now is not the time to hold people accountable; the most pressing issue is to control the fire and prevent it from spreading, and rescue everyone inside.
It's well known that if a fire happens, especially an indoor fire, if it isn't extinguished quickly, the high temperatures alone could kill people, not to mention the flames burning plastics and other materials will generate various toxic gases, which is the most terrifying part.
Once inhaled, these toxic gases can quickly cause suffocation, everyone realized the severity and under Cao Jin's organization, they began moving the cars to clear parking lots around the mall.
However, the flow of people at Guoli Mall is high, parking lots are always full, and normally cars are parked randomly around. Even in an emergency, it is troublesome to clear them.
Since everyone was rushing to escape, driving paths are blocked.
Many people are shouting but can't move their cars out.
"Captain Yun, please lead people to clear the path, so our vehicles can get through,"
Cao Jin came to Yun Bing and hurriedly said.
"Okay,.
Yun Bing wasted no words, directly leading people to the parking lot.
At this moment, the barrier gate at the parking lot entrance had not been raised yet, and every car had to pay the parking fee one by one, making the process extremely slow.
Yun Bing went straight to Lanting Avenue.
"Raise the gate immediately, let all the cars out."
The security guard inside shook his head and said,
"That's not possible, officer, with so many cars, I can't explain if we don't charge."
Upon hearing this, Yun Bing got furious!
Is money more important or are lives?
But, she wouldn't argue with a security guard, knowing they are just workers and can't make such decisions.
So, she directly turned to yell at the mall manager, Wang Zhen, "Manager Wang, come here for a moment."
Wang Zhen, who was being scolded by Cao Jin like a grandson, nodded and apologized repeatedly, hearing Yun Bing call him, he quickly ran over.
"What's up, Captain?"
Wang Zhen wiped the sweat off his forehead and asked.
"Can the barrier gate be raised?"
Yun Bing asked coldly, the question made him pause for a second before he understood and answered.
"Ah? Yes, of course, it can!"
After finishing, he quickly turned to the security guard and said,
"Old Zhang, quickly raise the barrier gate, let all vehicles move out and make way for the fire trucks."
The security guard received the order and immediately raised the barrier gate.