Chapter 265: Fire (I)
In the afternoon of this day, Li Youran went to the vegetable base in Tonghezi Village, sent the new son to Li Xuanzhu, and by the way, replenished the water in the reservoir and asked him to consider building a glass vegetable greenhouse, and when the weather is cold, this work will begin.
After doing these things, it was already more than three o'clock, and he drove back.
When I drove to the intersection of Anhua Road, I encountered a traffic jam.
This situation often occurs in the city, after all, the economy is developed, and those who have more money want to get a means of transportation. Very usual.
After waiting for a while, I realized that something was wrong, and many people on the sidewalk ran to the front, shouting:
"It's on fire! It's on fire! ”
Li Youran lowered the window of the car and poked his head out when he heard this.
Sure enough, with the exclamations of the people, a thick black smoke rose from the bend ahead.
The sirens of the fire trucks also kept coming.
Alas, who accidentally set the house on fire, but it didn't rain for a while, and the air was indeed relatively dry, and it was easy to catch fire. Li Youran sighed, this is the real reason for the traffic jam, the road is jammed in front and back, so he can only continue to wait.
After a while, the road still did not loosen. He waited a little irritably, simply slapped the steering wheel to the right, and rode the wheels onto the side of the road. Off-road vehicles with a high chassis have this advantage.
Pulling the handbrake, opening the door, he stepped out of the driver's seat. Anyway, I couldn't move, so I just went to the front and took a look.
After locking the car, Li Youran followed the flow of people and walked quickly to the intersection in front.
To the northeast of the intersection, a high-rise tower on the side of the road is the source of black smoke. The smoke was very large, with a faint red glow in the center.
Halfway up to the tower on Anwar Road, blocked off by a fence, several fire trucks are working nervously, and firefighters wearing helmets and yellow protective suits are standing on a high ladder with high-pressure water taps in their hands, and two white jets of water are spraying towards the building in an attempt to suppress the fire.
In some positions in the rear, there are firefighters holding portable horns and constantly shouting at the onlookers to maintain order.
The fire was fierce and smoke billowed up, blackening half of the sky. A choking smell was in the air.
Li leisurely walked into the crowd of onlookers and looked up at the scene of the fire.
Seeing that the effect of the two high-pressure water cannons did not seem to be obvious, people talked about it, and some blamed the fire brigade for being poorly prepared; There are speculations about the cause of the fire; Some people said that it was fortunate that it was in the afternoon, so there were fewer residents in the building, so it was easy to evacuate, and it would be troublesome at night.
At this time, there was an abnormality in the rear command car, a woman who looked like a young woman, with messy hair, was pulling a person holding a walkie-talkie next to the car and saying something, looking excited.
The walkie-talkie looked like a leader, and there was an assistant beside him, who was trying to persuade the young woman. But there was a lot of noise everywhere, and I couldn't hear what was being said.
"Alas, poor thing, that's Mrs. Lin, I often run into her when I am shopping for groceries, and I heard that her child is still in the building. The fire brigade has already gone in to save it, and there has been no movement yet. A middle-aged aunt sighed and said with a look of patience.
When the people next to them heard this, they sighed.
When Li Youran heard this, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he looked at the young woman's dazed and heartbroken appearance.
Fire, child, distant, strange and familiar words. Many years ago, he had heard from his second uncle that his parents had disappeared in a forest fire, and nothing had been found.
At the time of the accident, he was still very young and didn't remember anything at all. The only thing his parents left for him was a few old photos from his second uncle.
Li Youran squeezed to the front of the crowd with both arms, ignored the scolding around him, turned his head sideways, and aimed his ear in the direction of the fire leader. …,
His hearing is quite sensitive now, and this time he used his ears to catch the voice next to the command car, and he listened to it before and after.
It was a fire chief, talking over the intercom to the emergency personnel who rushed into the building.
The rescue personnel have searched several times on the 11th floor, but did not find the target person, because the fire inside is getting bigger and bigger, there are poisonous smoke everywhere, and the visibility is extremely low, and the rescue personnel are in a very dangerous situation.
"Give up the search and rescue, and all withdraw." The fire chief gritted his teeth and finally gave the order to retreat
Hearing the news, the young woman fainted. The captain's assistant hurriedly hugged her and beckoned the medical staff in the ambulance next to her to come and help.
At this moment, an astonishing scene appeared, only to see a young man in his twenties in a gray jacket rush out of the crowd, running towards the entrance of the fire building at a very fast speed, which is almost the level of a 100-meter sprint in a track and field competition.
Seeing this, the staff who maintained order hurriedly stepped forward to intercept them, but they did not block them.
The crowd of onlookers exclaimed in unison.
"Where did this stunned Qing come from, he didn't even have a protective suit, so he dared to rush into the fire, isn't this looking for death?"
"What is he doing in there? It's too bold. ”
"Maybe it's to save someone."
"It's too impulsive, it's hard for others to save themselves and put their lives on the line."
"Alas, young man, he is strong in flesh and blood, and he does things without thinking about the consequences."
"Be a hero, don't look at so many firefighters here, and it can be his turn."
In the crowd, sighs, surprises, praises, and laughter were mixed together, and there was a bang.
Li Youran naturally couldn't hear a word of these discussions, he rushed into the building, found the evacuation stairs, and walked up quickly. There was no fire on the lower floors, and the residents could not see one, they may have been evacuated long ago, only a few firefighters, who were very surprised to see him come in, and did not react for a while.
Li Youran didn't pay attention to it, just ran upstairs vigorously.
Further up, I faintly saw a team member who had been removed from the upper floor, wearing mask respirators and the like, in order to avoid trouble, Li Youran pushed open the staircase door, looked left and right, and turned to another staircase.
In addition to the elevator, the core of this tower structure is generally designed with two evacuation staircases.
When we reached the seventh floor, the temperature began to rise, and the choking smoke appeared.
In the fire, the biggest killer is not the fire itself, but the toxic smoke brought by the on-site incineration, which contains carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, etc., people will faint after a certain amount of breathing, and if they are not rescued in time, it is easy to lead to mourning
The correct way to do this is to cover your nose and mouth with a wet towel to prevent the inhalation of toxic fumes, and walk with your waist hunched.
But he took a different approach, first stretched out his right hand to the top of his head, guided out the spatial stream, and poured it all over his body, and the temperature on the surface of his body suddenly dropped.
Then, just like when diving, start breathing the air in the space with your mouth.
He rushed into the fire today, although on the one hand, he was impulsive, but most of them still relied on his life-saving props-Jade Pixiu, if he really couldn't do it, he would hide in the space so that there would be no big danger.
The higher you go, the smoke grows, and the flames start to scurry around. The number of the floor is no longer clear, but fortunately, it is better to start counting from the bottom so as not to mess up.
From time to time, the sound of glass popping could be heard, as well as the sound of crackling and burning, and the crash of objects such as meter boxes falling to the ground.
However, in high-rise buildings, the core of the staircase is a cast-in-place shear wall structure, which is the strongest place in the whole building, and generally does not collapse or the like.
Arriving at the eleventh floor of the corridor, Li Youran felt the steaming heat coming out of his body, and he was very uncomfortable, so he hurriedly increased the amount of water. …,
A puff of smoke rushed towards him, his eyes felt a tingling pain, and tears suddenly flowed out.
He hurriedly washed his eyes with space stream water, the water was cool and moisturized, and the discomfort was quickly eliminated. I didn't have diving goggles on me today, so I had to make do with it.
But it's full of smoke and you can't see anything, so how do you find the house number?
He thought about it, it seems that he can only use the Jade Pixiu, when he practiced control before, through it night vision, then it should be no problem to penetrate the smoke.
As soon as he said and did, Li Youran grabbed the jade pixiu from his chest and let it float in the air about a meter in front of him, not too far away, otherwise the water and air would not be able to be exported.
He closed his eyes and concentrated on feeling, and sure enough, Pixiu's vision smoothly penetrated the smoke, clearly showing the scene inside the corridor and the house numbers of each house.
1105, 1105, he muttered to himself, this is the number he heard from the walkie-talkie.
The target was quickly found, and the door of No. 1105 was open, and it was estimated that the rescue personnel in front of him should have come.
Li Youran didn't dare to delay at all, and quickly pushed the door in, looking for the target person everywhere.
The house was large, it was supposed to be a four-bedroom and two-hall structure, and the smoke was thick, but the fire had not yet come in. In this case, the door should be closed tightly and the crack of the door should be plugged with a damp cloth to prevent toxic smoke from pouring in.
But it's obviously too late now, and I can't care so much, the most important thing is to find someone.
Li Youran searched room by room, big house, hut, no, still no, so anxious that his head began to sweat.
Isn't it in the room? Ran out? No, the young woman was so anxious that she fainted, and I heard that it was only a little boy of more than a year old, and it was impossible for her to open the door and slip out. Although the door is not closed now, it should have been opened by the search and rescue personnel with the key.
Unwillingly, continue to look for it, living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, still no.
The fire in the corridor is getting bigger and bigger, and there are gradually signs of sealing the door.
Li Youran forced himself to calm down and think hard.
By the way, a child who is more than a year old should have learned to walk, and it is not clear where he has hidden
Where do children usually like to hide? Thinking of this, Li leisurely controlled Jade Pixiu and inspected the back of the sofa in each room, the wardrobe, the closet, and under the bed.
The hard work paid off, and after more than ten minutes, Pixiu finally found the target person, a comatose child, in the tight inner corner under the big bed in the master bedroom.