According to the Hubei Provincial People's Government Information Office, as of June 14, the gas explosion accident in Zhangwan District, Shiyan City had caused 25 deaths. At present, the on-site search and rescue work is still continuing.
At around 6:30 on June 13, a gas explosion occurred at the Yanhu community vegetable market in Checheng Street Office, Zhangwan District, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, causing many deaths and injuries. According to reports, the scene of the explosion was the vegetable market in Yanhu Community of Zhangwan District, a two-story building built in the early 1990s.
After the explosion, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and others successively dispatched medical expert teams and rescue teams to Shiyan for rescue, guidance and accident handling. The State Council Security Committee also investigated and dealt with the accident. Listed for supervision.
Currently, the local on-site rescue work in Shiyan is still in progress. The occurrence of the accident has aroused high-level attention, and it has also sounded the alarm for the advancement of safe production work in various regions. At present, the cause of the explosion has not yet been clarified, and there has been a wave of investigations of potential safety hazards in many places.
Carry out investigation and remediation of hidden dangers in production safety in many places
On the evening of June 13th, an emergency video conference on production safety work in Hubei Province was held, emphasizing the need to learn lessons deeply and carry out the investigation and rectification of hidden production safety hazards in the province; focusing on natural gas transmission and use, mining, electricity, chemical industry, transportation, etc. Areas and key places such as old communities, bazaars, tourist attractions, etc., thoroughly investigate and eliminate hidden risks.
The notice issued by the portal website of the Hubei Provincial People's Government shows that Hubei Province will quickly carry out large-scale investigation and remediation of potential safety hazards such as natural gas pipelines (high-pressure pipeline networks), urban gas pipeline networks, and liquefied gas tanks throughout the province to eliminate hidden dangers and ensure safety; From now until the end of September, Hubei Province will carry out comprehensive inspections of production safety, and strengthen special rectification of production safety in key industries.
On June 14th, the Office of the State Council’s Security Committee and the Emergency Management Department held a national video conference on safety precautions, emphasizing the need to learn from one another and comprehensively investigate potential safety risks; focus on key points and firmly grasp chemical storage tanks, large-scale complexes, chemical parks, and chemical parks. In densely populated areas, gas and oil and gas pipelines and various mining enterprises and other key units and sites that may cause heavy casualties, we must strictly guard against serious accidents.
In addition to Hubei, the governments of Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places are also preparing to start a comprehensive investigation and remediation of potential safety hazards.
Pay attention to risk prevention when using gas
The main component of natural gas used in daily life is methane, which is a colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-corrosive flammable gas. Although natural gas is harmless to human physiology, it has a suffocating effect. When the concentration is high, it is easy to cause suffocation death; and when the content of natural gas (methane) reaches 5%-15%, it will explode when it encounters a fire source.
After using gas, turn off the switch and front valve of the stove to prevent gas leakage, and close the front valve when going out for a long time; when using gas, do not stay away; always check whether the hose connection is fixed with clamps and whether the hose is aging , Cracking; when using gas for a long time, you must pay attention to ventilation, otherwise it will easily cause monoxide poisoning; if there is a peculiar smell during use, you must open the window immediately and call the safe area in time; be sure to use the national standard For gas appliances, check gas hoses regularly and replace them in time.
In addition, the kitchen cannot use multiple gas sources when using gas, and it is not allowed to add, modify, relocate, install gas equipment and gas measuring instruments without authorization.
