(5) Uninvited guests
After learning about the materials stored in the warehouse, Chief of Staff Wang was furious in the command headquarters, and he immediately reported the situation to the detachment commander and political commissar, and called the responsible persons of the department store and the neighborhood office to the scene to discuss countermeasures.
At the same time, he ordered all the firefighters at the door of the warehouse to immediately retreat, wait for the action, and immediately deploy firefighting robots to go deep into the fire point to find fishmeal feed, spray water to extinguish the fire, and at the same time transfer several sets of heavy firefighting heat-insulating clothing, ready to be used for internal attack again. This kind of heat-insulating clothing is made of composite aluminum plate fireproof fabric, and the whole body is silver, just like an astronaut, with the characteristics of flame retardant heat insulation felt, flame retardant, anti-radiant heat, etc., and can resist the high temperature of about 1000 degrees in the fire field.
Because the left ear was severely burned by the flames, revealing bloody subcutaneous tissue, the nurse in the ambulance came down to help me deal with it, and the bare part of Xu Lin and the second member's wrist was also scratched by a sharp weapon during the retreat, and after doing some simple wound treatment, they went to the side to rest.
I didn't feel anything special, I just thought it was spicy on my ears, like it was soaked in chili oil. Until the nurse sister took iodine wine to help me disinfect. I was so pained that I almost screamed, and my body involuntarily began to move.
"Bear with it, it'll be fine soon, the skin is broken. "The young lady grabbed my wet combat suit with one hand and quickly applied the medicine. In this cold winter, sweat and water kept dripping on my head, dripping on the nurse's medicated hands, and there was a strong smell of stinky seafood on my body, but she didn't seem to care.
The back door of the ambulance is open. Inside, the old man in the military coat who was stopped just now was half-lying on the portable bed inhaling oxygen and infusion, with adhesive tape still sticking to his left face, cotton socks on his feet stained with mud, and drips in his hands.
I was glared at by him, but I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled and looked at him without words: "Uncle, do you feel better?"
The old man still stared at me like that, and didn't speak, and the strange atmosphere made it difficult for me to continue to ask.
"Okay, remember not to get wet for the next two days. Go to the hospital in a few days to change the dressing. "The nurse didn't forget to give a word of advice after taking the burn medicine.
At this moment, "Fang Lu, Fang Lu, please answer when you receive it." The voice of Chief of Staff Wang came over the walkie-talkie.
I thanked the nurse and hurriedly replied with the walkie-talkie.
"You come to the headquarters."
The lights were brightly lit at the headquarters, and the battle had been going on for nearly two and a half hours, and there were still an unknown amount of combustibles stored in the warehouse, and what substances such as feed and fishmeal were not in the list of warehouse items provided by the head of the department store.
"So what do you say? Now it's clear that our people are hurt. Seeing me come in, Chief of Staff Wang angrily grabbed my clothes and dragged me to the person in charge of the department store.
At this time, the staff of all units of the headquarters stopped what they were doing, and both the leaders and the staff turned their eyes to this side.
"There is another one, who has been calling dizzy just now, and is vomiting again, and has been pulled to the hospital for examination. He added. I think that eighty percent is Wang Zhibin, the deputy squadron leader who entered the fire scene in advance.
I endured the pain in my wounded ear, wearing a wet, sweaty combat suit and carrying a cylinder of an air breathing apparatus, and stood in the middle of a group of people in embarrassment, my face burning as uncomfortable as if I couldn't say anything.
The person in charge of the department store was shocked by the momentum of the chief of staff, and this young man in his thirties obviously did not expect such a scene, surprised and embarrassed, he looked at me, and then at Chief of Staff Wang, and for a while he could not say a word.
"What I'm concerned about now is what's the problem? I said the fishmeal spontaneously combusted, you don't believe it. Well, you say, what exactly is the combustible substance, how much is it, where is it?, do you know?" Chief of Staff Wang ignored it at all, and continued to fire.
"Chief of Staff Wang, I'...... I've said it a few times before, really...... No. Oh, no, I really don't know, there are thousands of shops here, we all have warehouse lease contracts, and there is also a list of storage items, everyone has signed, all in the computer, I can take you to check. The person in charge was a little timid at first, but after swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he returned to normal.
"Yes, Chief of Staff Wang, Xiaolin is right, we supervise their routine inspections every day, and conduct random inspections of safety work every week, and the warehouses are locked, which is a key unit for fire safety, and no one can take responsibility for an accident. Deputy Director Li of the Huancheng Road Sub-district Office pushed the glasses with the bridge of his nose collapsed, and waved his hand to help him.
"It's just that during this period of time in the renovation of the warehouse, it is inevitable that there are a small number of businesses of the inventory to move and mix, which is normal, the office and the shopping mall have also come forward to organize and coordinate, after all, each area has to be renovated, this is convenient for others is also convenient for themselves, and this warehouse is still on duty at night, such a thing happens, we are also helpless. Deputy Director Li was no longer silent, but his face was melancholy.
Chief of Staff Wang sneered, "Director Li, I'm afraid the problem is not just like this, is there really no blind spot within the scope of your supervision? So what's the matter with the color steel plate in the warehouse? That thing is all sandwich foam, and it will crash when it encounters fire, will you not know?"
"What does the chief of staff mean by this?" Deputy Director Li asked a little embarrassed, puzzled.
Chief of Staff Wang didn't answer him immediately, but just picked up the walkie-talkie on the table next to him and shouted, "Wu Hao, bring someone in for me." ”
Putting down the walkie-talkie, Chief of Staff Wang said in a calm tone, meaning but forcefully: "The state has national laws, families have family rules, Director Li, Manager Lin, I don't know what kind of regulations the management of the department store market is, and it is not my responsibility to pursue responsibility." Let's not talk about the fact that your warehouse built color steel plates without permission. But now, several of our comrades entered the fire and were injured, and the fire is still very strong, and there have been more than one deflagration and deflagration. We fought a two-and-a-half-hour battle, but who was the enemy? What exactly was the source of the fire? So far, there is no clear explanation, and I must find out clearly in order to carry out targeted fire-fighting operations and to safely send my team members in to attack internally; otherwise, the fire will become bigger and bigger, and the consequences will be unimaginable, and I will be derelict in my duty as the commander of the fire scene! I will not be able to explain to my team members, and this battle will really not be able to continue. I need to have an explanation to ......."
"Chief of Staff, people brought. Before Chief of Staff Wang's voice fell, Wu Hao's voice appeared outside the door.
The eyes of everyone in the command department shot towards the door again, and Wu Hao took the lead in holding an oxygen bag.
Then, standing by the door, he slipped into the strange old man in the ambulance.
The old man was still wearing the green military coat, oxygen was inserted in his nostrils, and his face was covered with half a fixed adhesive tape, and under the indoor light, I don't know who gave him a pair of cotton shoes to wear on his feet, and his complexion looked better than when he ran away from the ambulance earlier.
My mind was full of question marks, and I remembered the previous scenes when he broke free from the nurse and ran away, crying in pain, and watching me treat my wounds in a daze. I looked at this strange old man with more and more confusion.
He patted Wu Hao's hand lightly, and waved his hand again, signaling that there was no need to support him.
At this time, Manager Lin, the person in charge of the department store, suddenly rushed forward to hold the old man's hand, "Uncle Li, aren't you in the hospital? I sent someone to see you, why did you come here?"
Old man Li held his mouth and didn't speak, looking at everyone in a daze, as if a breath was blocking his mouth, and the corners of his mouth next to the oxygen tube twitched slightly.
He didn't talk to Manager Lin, and walked straight to Chief of Staff Wang, and Wu Hao hurriedly followed with an oxygen bag.
"Leader, you ...... If you want to catch me, just catch me, it's all me...... Woo, I've made a big disaster, I'm sorry......" Old man Li was full of shame, and said in a snort, unable to hold his mouth, lowered his head, and cried out all of a sudden.
This time the plot reversed, and the people in the command department all blew up, and they all wondered where this old man came from.
"Uncle Li, ...... you" Manager Lin and Deputy Director Li were even more dumbfounded, completely unable to understand what the situation was.
But what I didn't expect was that Chief of Staff Wang was unmoved, he looked at Old Man Li calmly and said: "Whether to arrest you or not, I don't count if I say it, and I don't have this power, but what you put in the warehouse, you must say it honestly in front of everyone today." Otherwise, this fire will really not be extinguished, I can tell you, several of our comrades have been injured because of fighting the fire, and some have been sent to the hospital, and you yourself are a victim, are those things not as valuable as a few lives?"
There was a sudden silence in the command headquarters.
"Yes, yes, I said, I said. Seeing that Chief of Staff Wang didn't eat this, Old Man Li kept nodding his head like pounding garlic.
"Yes...... That's the case, I heard a few old buddies in the township say that chicken feed and pig feed with fishmeal nutrition will be a little higher, and the animals should eat faster, but they said that there are many fish parasites caught in the river, and they want to get it from the sea...... But I really didn't know it was going to ignite on its own. Old man Li bowed his head and said, and from time to time he looked up at Manager Lin and Director Li with a guilty face.
"Okay, let's not talk about those, let me ask you, how many are there?" Chief of Staff Wang interrupted Old Man Li's words and asked.
"Leader, there are not many, just a few tin buckets and a few bags. There's corn, there's fishmeal. Old man Li suddenly raised his head, his eyes widening. There are still tears on his face.
"A few jars and a few bags. Well, it's all in foreign language,......" Chief of Staff Wang looked at the ceiling and muttered to himself in the silent headquarters of everyone, revealing an indescribable and inexplicable emotion in his words.
"Leader, I...... I'm also a countryman, I can't tell a lie, I just can't find a place to put it for a while, so I'll put it there temporarily, I haven't read for a few days, I don't know foreign languages, and I don't know that thing will burn on its own, I'm wrong, I admit guilt and accept punishment, something happened, you arrest me, arrest me. Seeing Chief of Staff Wang's attitude, Old Man Li was anxious, his face was red for a while, the oxygen tube swayed from side to side, and he stretched out his hand and wanted to come to Chief of Staff Wang.
"Uncle Li, don't worry, if you talk about anything slowly, it can be solved" Manager Lin took an arrow step and blocked in front of Chief of Staff Wang.
Manager Lin looked at Chief of Staff Wang in turn, with a faint hint of displeasure in his eyes. He said slowly: "Chief of Staff Wang, although I have not managed the department store market for a long time, Uncle Li has worked here for nearly 30 years, from pulling goods, delivering goods to invoicing, sending and receiving, in our area, the old neighbors and neighbors know that the reputation is good." He himself was in a coma because of inhaling toxic fumes, and he also called the police, even if there is some fault, it must be investigated clearly, and then our market management department will cooperate ....... ”
"Well, Chief of Staff Wang, now that we know the substance of the fire, let's quickly discuss the countermeasures, otherwise, this fire is too big, the impact is too bad, the scope is too wide, and the loss is too much. Before Manager Lin finished speaking, he was interrupted by Director Li, who used four words "too" in a row, wanting to highlight the urgency of the situation, and the eyes behind the glasses were wide open.
Seeing this scene, Chief of Staff Wang understood a lot, and he said unhurriedly: "I agree with what Director Li said, the fire is very big now, and it is our duty to fire the fire first, and we must bear the brunt of the fire, but we will definitely not fight a battle that we are uncertain about, we have already injured a few comrades before, and we can no longer risk these young lives." Before we discuss countermeasures, I would like to show you something. ”