The weekend came, Chu Tianqi got up early and prepared to rush back to the provincial capital. Today is November 22nd, and the due date of the daughter-in-law is the 25th, although there is no premonition of labor yet, but it is time to go.

In fact, for the sake of insurance, everyone suggested going before the 20th, but Ning Junqi refused. She said that she was not so squeamish, and also said that the obstetrics and gynecology beds themselves are tight, especially this kind of high room is more tight, and she is unwilling to occupy this scarce resource.

In this matter, everyone didn't think about enlightenment, just for the sake of their relatives, but Ning Junqi herself insisted on doing so, and her family had to respect her opinion.

Although Ning Junqi is very stubborn, the old man in the capital is even more stubborn, and he has asked Xu Weihua to send a confinement lady a week in advance, and also sent four security personnel. The four security personnel did not live in the house, and were temporarily distributed near the residence, and someone will go to the hospital for security during the delivery period.

But I have to go to the hospital today, because I am so close to my due date that I am likely to enter a prenatal state at any time. What's more, if you don't go to the high room today, there are still others to occupy, and there will be no high room for the time being, so this is still deliberately left and stayed.

Originally, he planned to go back last night, but he participated in the reception of the city government, and the mayor Qin Huai also participated, and it didn't end until ten o'clock in the evening, so Chu Tianqi had to change it to leave this morning.

The whole tidy up, Chu Tianqi looked at the time, it was not yet seven o'clock, and he was ready to carry his things downstairs.

"Ding Bang Bang", the mobile phone rang.

took out the mobile phone and looked at the screen display, Chu Tianqi pressed the answer button and said "Hey".

"Mayor, the department store is on fire. "The voice on the phone is urgent.

"What?" Chu Tianqi couldn't help but be surprised, but he still asked calmly, "What's the situation now, are there any casualties, and have the rescue forces gone?"

The other party replied: "I just arrived at the scene, and the police have already controlled the scene and marked a warning area. The fire is very large, the fire truck is still on the road, and no casualties have been reported for the time being, and relevant verifications are being done. ”

Chu Tianqi instructed: "Try to save people first, control the scene, and strictly prevent secondary disasters from occurring, I will go over immediately." ”

The other party hurriedly said: "Mayor, are you in the city? You don't need to come here now, I will definitely work closely with the armed police to minimize casualties and losses." The fire at the scene is very large, and the wind force is about level 4, which is ...... dangerous."

"Don't talk about it, command the scene. After Chu Tianqi finished speaking, he directly pressed the red hang-up button.

Pushing the trolley box to the side, Chu Tianqi picked up his mobile phone and prepared to make a call home. After a little hesitation, I dialed another number.

"Dut...... Toot ......"

The second ringback tone had just rang, and a voice came from the phone: "Mayor, I'll go up and get something." ”

"Let's not go back yet, let's go to the department store right away, it's on fire. Chu Tianqi spoke, grabbed his coat, and walked towards the door.

"Shall I go now? or shall I go and see it first. "The other party made a suggestion.

"Hurry up and drive, wait for me. After Chu Tianqi finished speaking, he hung up the phone, walked out of the house, and rushed to the elevator while wearing his coat.

It's a weekend and a morning, and the elevator arrives as soon as it is called.

Chu Tianqi stepped into the car and took the elevator down.

"Ding Dong", there is no pause in the middle, the elevator goes directly to the first floor, and the car door opens.

A brisk stride rushed out of the car, and Chu Tianqi ran towards the door of the building.

The security guard on duty was napping and confused, and only opened his eyes when he heard footsteps, but only saw a tall figure with his back out of the door.

"Who?" asked the tall security guard.

"I don't know. The short security guard rubbed his eyes and hurried towards the door. Then he opened his mouth wide, "Oops, it's Mayor Chu." He didn't see us both confused, did he?"

"Who knows? It's a weekend, and I don't know if he's coming down. The tall security guard, suspicious, arrived at the door and looked out.

Looking at the figure who had already finished descending the steps, the short security guard said: "Look at how anxious he is, it is obvious that he is in a hurry to go out, and he should not have paid attention to us." Besides, no one is in or out now, so it's okay to get a little confused. ”

"I hope I didn't. But we are both confused, and if we pursue it, we can't say anything. "The tall security is still not without concern.

The short security guard stopped talking, but his face was clearly worried.

Chu Tianqi didn't have time to pay attention to the situation of the security personnel on duty, he had already got into the black off-road vehicle and rushed straight to the scene of the fire.

When the car left the city party and government compound and turned a street, you could see the thick smoke billowing from the center of the city, reaching straight into the sky.

"Tick...... Tick ...... "The sound of fire trucks kept coming.

After turning two more streets, and after three intersections, a pillar of fire with thick smoke was visible in front of me, and the people standing on the periphery of the guard were standing onlookers, and the fire engine was also parked there.

There were still dozens of meters away from the scene, and the off-road vehicle stopped.

As soon as the car stopped, Chu Tianqi pushed the car door, jumped out of the car, and walked straight to the scene in front of him.

As we got closer and closer to the "pillar of fire", I could already hear the sound of "crackling" in my ears, and the "whirring" sound of the flames accompanied by the sound of the wind.

Coming to the periphery of the crowd, Chu Tianqi stretched out his hands and divided the crowd on both sides: "Let go, let go." ”

People only looked at the fire scene in front of them, and not many people took the initiative to respond and get out of the way, and Chu Tianqi couldn't push it forcibly, so he could only rely on his flexible body and squeeze forward while pushing.

Close to the cordon, at a distance, stood a police officer, who was maintaining order.

Sun Tingwu stood in the cordon, communicating with the armed police officer, and inadvertently swept Mayor Chu, who was one of the tallest in the crowd, hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”

Seeing that the police chief personally commanded, people immediately moved out of the way.

Chu Tianqi was able to quickly enter the cordon.

The "crackling" sound is louder, and you can also hear the sound of falling things "click" and "bang". However, the sound of falling objects is not loud, and it should be the fall of individual attachments. Of course, it shouldn't be a falling slab, but in that case, the situation would be even more serious.

The armed police officer hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Mayor Chu." ”

"What's the situation?" Chu Tianqi asked, staring at the "crackling" pillar of fire.

"As soon as the fire engine arrives, it can be destroyed immediately. The building has five floors, which were burned from the third floor, mainly by the wind to burn upwards, but the falling debris also ignited the two floors below. The armed police officer replied, "With the height of the building and the jet head of the fire truck, it can be sprayed to the top, and the fire will be quickly controlled." ”

Chu Tianqi let out an "oh" and asked again: "Are there any casualties?"

Sun Tingwu replied: "Due to the non-business hours, there are no sales and management personnel, and there are no customers, only five janitors. At present, four people have been found, all of whom ran out when the fire was not large, and one person has not been seen. ”

"What? There's another person? Chu Tianqi urged.

"According to the four people, they are on the second, third, fourth, and fifth floors, and what they don't find now is the janitor on the first floor. When these people were escaping, they ran and shouted, and one of them was looking for them on the first floor, but there was no one in sight in the rest room. After running out of the building, he still stood on the perimeter and shouted, but no one was seen. Sun Tingwu replied while beckoning to the side.

Immediately, four middle-aged and elderly men arrived, probably in their fifties.

At this time, the armed police officer made a gesture and ran to the fire truck.

Sun Tingwu pointed to the four people: "They are the gatekeepers." ”

Chu Tianqi hurriedly asked, "What's the situation with that person?"

First, a round-faced man spoke: "The man who guards the door on the first floor is called Fan Yuhu, and he usually feels a lot, and we all call him 'confused'." In the dark of the night, 'Confused' was still there, and I played a few games of chess with him on the first floor. At nine o'clock, seeing that he was confused again, I went up to the fourth floor, and he said that he would lie down immediately. When I got back upstairs, I didn't lie down immediately, I listened to the radio until ten o'clock, and I didn't hear anything downstairs, and they didn't hear it.

In the morning, when I was lying down, I heard someone shouting 'on fire', which was shouted by Lao Nie on the second floor. I hurried downstairs, and when they got downstairs, we all ran out. When we came out, the door was locked from the outside, and it was the old man who jumped out of the toilet window and opened the door for us. When we came out, the fire had reached the roof of the building, and the second floor had also begun. We guess he should have gone out in the middle of the night, or it would not have been possible for the door to be locked from the outside, and he should not have been there. ”

Hearing this person say this, Chu Tianqi felt a little more steady, so he asked again: "Then if you want to say that, it is likely that he went out and contacted his family?

"He's just a PHS, and he didn't get through, I heard that there was a relative in the city, and we wanted to ask for a phone number, but we didn't know the phone number. When we first reported to the manager, we also talked about it, and he said that he quickly asked people to look elsewhere to see if they had registered. The other replied.

"Ding Bang Bang", the mobile phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID, Chu Tianqi hurriedly stepped aside and connected: "Mayor...... Yes, the department store is on fire...... Both the police and the armed police are ...... I'm just about to get to know it and I'll report back to you...... There were a total of five janitors in the building, one on the first floor, and four upstairs all ran out, but the one on the first floor was missing. But according to the other four, it is likely that the man went out in the middle of the night, and I am investigating the matter...... Be...... Be...... Got it. ”

Ending the call, Chu Tianqi put away his mobile phone and looked in the direction of the fire truck.

"Brush" a water dragon gushed out and went straight to the "pillar of fire".

"Ding Bang Bang", the mobile phone rings again.

Seeing the number on his mobile phone, Chu Tianqi immediately connected: "Dad, the city department store is on fire, I am at the scene, and I can't leave for the time being." When it comes to going to the hospital, you and a few of them will be busy first. ”