It was another heavy snowfall, falling over DT City without warning, which made it really difficult for Liu Zichen and Kuangsuo to arrive at the destination of the trip after taking the plane and then transferring to the long-distance bus to rush to the past, and it took more than four hours along the way, and it was already afternoon when they got there. This time, the two of them came to the front station mainly for two purposes: one was to verify whether what the whistleblower said was true and whether there was any situation that contradicted the facts; the other was to investigate whether the real cause of the explosion accident and whether the aftermath was dealt with in accordance with the norms. After so many years of construction, Beiting's case-handling process has gradually become formalized.

Qin Wu, section chief of the Safety Supervision Bureau, was in charge of the reception, and after the gas explosion accident, he personally took people to the mine to conduct an inspection, and did not find anything improper, and according to the previous data, there was no abnormal situation, and he did not find out a meridian for the sudden increase in gas concentration. This time, the famous Beiting Detective Agency actually went out in person to work on his own turf, Qin Wu felt that it was both pressure and motivation, and he also wanted to find out the truth as soon as possible. Today's Beiting has almost become synonymous with social supervision, and even has the right to supervise police officers, Qin Wu knows it very well.

So after Liu Zichen and Kuang Suo arrived, Qin Wu waited at the exit of the bus station early, and after contacting by phone, they soon met, Qin Wu briefly introduced himself, and invited the two to go to the bureau for a cup of tea first.

Liu Zichen and Kuang Suo were already very tired after a long journey, but they didn't come to visit, they still insisted on going to the scene of the accident first, Qin Wu sighed at their professionalism, and naturally agreed.

On the way, Qin Wu introduced the current situation to them: "That's the case, the coal mine where the accident occurred is in the north of the city, it is an old coal mine with a long history, and it has been in normal production for many years. In the past few years, the performance has been getting better and better, and the city is still very satisfied with it, and after this accident, the aftermath work has been done very well, and there has been no disturbance by workers. ”

Liu Zichen didn't want to listen to this kind of official words, she needed to know the details, so she asked, "Section Chief Qin, since all aspects of this coal mine meet the requirements, why did the explosion accident occur this time?

We did do a lot of work, but we didn't find anything out of the ordinary, it was the first day of the new year, and the mine didn't do a good safety check and let the workers go down. Perhaps because there was no production and cleaning for a long time, which led to the accumulation of gas, and the failure to find out in time to eliminate the hidden danger of the accident, this is just a mistake, and of course it is an unforgivable mistake. So we've imposed penalties and demanded that they be rectified immediately. Qin Wu said truthfully.

Liu Zichen felt that the other party did not answer her question directly, but she also knew that the cause of the explosion had not really been found in the local area, otherwise the coffin could be directly closed. What was the situation at that time, it seems that we have to go to the coal mine to find more clues.

Originally, Kuang Suo and Liu Zichen thought that after such a big accident, the coal mine should stop production for a while, until the real cause was investigated, and the hidden dangers could be completely eliminated before they could continue to operate. But to their surprise, after entering the mining area, they found that all the equipment here was running, and people were still walking around in twos and threes, and it seemed that they had already resumed work, which made them a little puzzled, after all, there had just been a fatal accident, even if the leaders of the mining area wanted to make money, why were the workers not afraid?

Qin Wu took the two of them directly to the mine manager's office, and Mei Yuanzheng was notified in advance, so he waited here early.

"Mine Manager Mei, these are two detectives from the Beiting Detective Agency who were invited by the police to investigate the gas explosion case, this is Inspector Liu Zichen Liu, and that is Inspector Kuangsuo Kuang. Qin Wu didn't know what to call them, so he had to call them all Detective.

Mei Yuanzheng responded enthusiastically: "Oh, what we have here has alarmed you, it's really hard, come, please take a seat." ”

Liu Zichen didn't sit down, she said politely: "You're welcome, Mine Manager Mei, we came this time just to cooperate with the investigation, and I also hope that the mining area can assist us and find out the cause of the explosion as soon as possible, so that you can produce with peace of mind!"

"This is certain, I feel uncomfortable when something happens, and I will definitely cooperate with you. Mei Yuanzheng immediately assured.

"In that case, please take us to the monitoring room first, we want to access the underground data on the day of the accident. Kuang Suo continued.

Mei Yuanzheng immediately agreed, and immediately called Zou Qi and instructed Zou Qi to go to the monitoring room, because Zou Qi was responsible for everything there, as the mine manager, Mei Yuanzheng mainly coordinated the work of the mining area as a whole, as well as contact with the above, and he was not very involved in the specific business.

Zou Qi didn't know that Beiting had sent someone to investigate, and thought that the safety supervision department gave up the investigation after not reaching a conclusion last time, and dealt with the same small accidents as before. But Mei Yuanzheng suddenly called him, and he knew that the matter was not over, and he couldn't help but be a little worried, because as the chief dispatcher, he was mainly responsible for the failure to monitor the safety data under the mine. After a preliminary investigation was made in the local area, the mining area suspended him for his dereliction of duty, and he did not resume work until yesterday, but today he is about to face new troubles.

Zou Qi was in the monitoring room, and as soon as he sorted out the data files for the recent days, Liu Zichen and the others arrived. Mei Yuanzheng introduced each other, and called Gao Kehua, the deputy mine manager, to replace him to accompany Liu Zichen and Kuangsuo.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really embarrassed, there's a meeting in the city, it's about safe production, and I'm going to go by name, this time is almost up, I won't accompany you, just let the senior deputy mine manager take you to check carefully." Mei Yuanzheng said apologetically.

"Oh, by the way, I know about this, it's because they blew up here just after the New Year, and the city has to emphasize safety. Mine Chief, then you should go quickly. "As the section chief of the Safety Supervision Bureau, Qin Wu should naturally know about this matter.

Kuang Shuo and Liu Zichen simply said hello to Mei Yuanzheng, and at this time, their minds had all shifted to the monitoring data provided by Zou Qi. They found that in the recent period, all the indicators in the underground are very normal, and there is nothing unqualified, but the record here is only after the tenth day of the new year, and the explosion occurred on the eighth day of the new year.

Liu Zichen asked, "Director Zou, why don't you have the test records for the eighth and ninth grades?"

Zou Qi immediately replied: "Because the entire mining area was turned off during the Chinese New Year, and the monitoring instruments were not turned on." On the eighth day of the new year, few people came to work that morning, and I neglected to start the test first, so I let the workers go down the mine. When I remembered to come back and turn on the computer, it turned out that the computer had not started up yet, and the bottom exploded, so there was no data that day. As for the ninth day of the new year, it was also because we were dealing with the aftermath of the work, so we did not test again, and it was only when we resumed work on the tenth day of the new year that we began to record normally. ”

"Wait a minute, do you mean that you will start to resume work on the tenth day of the new year?" Liu Zichen was surprised, it was only two days after the explosion on the eighth day of the first month, and he couldn't wait to send someone down the well again, which seemed to be too impatient!

"Yes, that's the case with the coal mine, the equipment is all started, and if it stops, it will be very bad. In fact, as long as the data is safe, we can mine, and on the tenth day of the first month, we first tested all the indicators of the underground, and they were all qualified. As for the level of the explosion, of course no more people were allowed to enter, but the other levels were absolutely safe. Zou Qi hurriedly explained.

Although it doesn't sound unreasonable, Liu Zichen still feels that these workers are quite big, only five or six people died the day before yesterday, and they dared to continue to go down the well after two days, she really felt worried about those people, but she was worried about worry, and she didn't express her opinion immediately.

In the monitoring room, Liu Zichen also personally observed the situation in the underground at that time, and sure enough, everything was normal, and now that the Lantern Festival has passed, the workers have returned to work one after another, and the mining area has shown a busy scene.

Liu Zichen didn't get any clues about the cause of the explosion here, and said: "In this case, can we go down to the well and take a look at the main areas where the explosion occurred?"

"Of course you can, the mine manager Mei specially explained, I must fully cooperate with you, but ......" Zou Qi glanced at Gao Kehua, who had not been silent next to him, and said, "I am the chief dispatcher, and I must stay in the monitoring side during the start of work and cannot leave, so I am afraid I can't accompany you." ”

Qin Wu understood what he meant at a glance, Zou Qi really couldn't leave, and it didn't seem that he wanted to go underground, Qin Wu didn't force it, but turned to Gao Kehua and said, "Since Director Zou can't leave, then trouble Deputy Mine Manager Gao to take us down for a walk, right?"

Gao Kehua seemed to be in a daze, and Qin Wu told him that it was okay for a few seconds before he reacted, "Ah? Yes, I'll take you there." ”

As the deputy mine manager, Gao Kehua seemed to be absent-minded, and couldn't help but attract Kuangsuo's attention, but in front of so many people, he didn't specifically bring it up, and planned to find a separate opportunity to talk to this seemingly introverted person again.

Gao Kehua arranged a minecart to carry Qin Wu, Liu Zichen and Kuangsuo along the inherent track to 300 meters underground, and gave them helmets with flashlights for absenteeism before coming in. The underground was very dark and the air was dirty, Liu Zichen felt that the world was spinning when she got off the minecart, she was so panicked that she couldn't stand on her feet, and squatted down uncomfortably.

"Zichen, what's wrong with you?" Kuang Suo noticed that something was wrong with her.

Liu Zichen just waved her hand, it was already difficult for her to speak, her eyes were full of gold stars, and she was panting heavily. Gao Kehua, who has experience in this regard, replied for her: "It's nothing, our underground is far from the ground, the air is thin, ordinary people may not be able to adapt to it for the first time, and it will be fine after resting for a while." ”