"Please note the R&D team, please note the R&D team, I am Yan Xuewen, the director of the Security Department, I am Yan Xuewen, the director of the Security Department, in view of the large explosion that just occurred in the direction of the Qingshui River, it is very likely to endanger my experimental center, please all R&D teams immediately prepare to evacuate in accordance with the C plan that has been rehearsed before, please prepare to evacuate immediately according to the C plan that has been rehearsed before!"

The security department of the experimental center reacted quickly, and the fire drill was sounded less than five minutes after the explosion.

Researchers who came out to see the situation invariably returned to their respective offices or labs, methodically packing boxes of experimental data and expensive equipment that could be quickly taken away.

More than a dozen security guards drove their "big-toed shoes" to the living area and the food street at a gallop to organize family members and non-experimental center personnel to prepare for evacuation.

Experts and professors from the Electric Power Research Institute and major universities in China, who are holding group meetings, were also invited by the participating experimenters to the nearest assembly point on the main road for the first time, and then evacuated together when the bus arrived.

At this critical juncture, the charter naturally does not cause chaos to the colleagues in the security department. As soon as Director Yan began to broadcast in English, he dragged Director Zheng to the side of the main road to wait for further notice.

Director Zheng didn't know if this was a safety accident or a sabotage activity carried out by hostile elements, and when he thought that the explosion was so violent, like an earthquake, and the smoke was dozens of stories high, he knew that there must be casualties without asking, and he immediately gasped.

Big brother was in his bag, and he went out for a walk without a bag, so he couldn't understand the situation at all. A run in the shade of a tree. He asked eagerly, "Mr. Zhang." Was there a chemical plant in the direction of the explosion? ”

"It's scarier than a chemical plant."

The charter raised his arm and glanced at his watch, and said worriedly: "If you guess correctly, it should be the Qingshuihe storage and transportation warehouse that exploded, where there are thousands of tons of oil and gas tanks, if they all explode, the entire Luohu District and half of Tianfu District will be destroyed in one fell swoop!" If the experimental center was not within the radius of the explosion, the security department would not have immediately asked everyone to prepare for evacuation. ”

Hearing that the entire Luohu District and half of Tianfu District would be destroyed in one fell swoop, Director Zheng's mind suddenly went blank.

"Please note Mr. Charter, Researcher of the Faculty of Technology and Application. Please stand in the middle of the main road, please stand in the middle of the main road, and take the security department vehicle to the command center immediately! ”

"Attention Feng Bin, Director of the Machinery Center, and Director Feng Bin of the Mechanical Center, please immediately call the operation and maintenance personnel of the turbojet fire fighting vehicle to the command center in accordance with Plan B!"

"Please note Director Yin of the Experimental Center, please pay attention to Director Yin of the Experimental Center, please rush to the assembly point of the Optoelectronics Research Center immediately, please rush to the assembly point of the Optoelectronics Research Center immediately!"

……

Announcements were made one after another, in Mandarin and English, and the atmosphere in the experimental center became even more tense.

The charter looked back. I saw that people in several experimental workshops had rushed to the nearest assembly point one after another with cardboard boxes full of materials and data. Only then did he ask in a low voice: "Director Zheng, let's go and see the situation?" ”

The experimental center of the personnel of the delegation will take care of it, Zheng Ming really has nothing to worry about, he looked up again at the skyrocketing smoke in the distance, and agreed with a grim face: "Let's go." ”

Rushing to the command center by the nearest "big toe shoe", I saw that there were only six people in the security department of Nuo University, and Director Yan Xuewen had a grim expression, staring at the rows of monitors, holding the intercom to issue orders one after another. Two female clerks were nervously talking on the phone at their desks, and at a glance they knew they were looking for the latest news.

The other three have changed into firefighting suits, one is talking on the phone with Big Brother, the other is on a row of walkie-talkies on the inspection table, and the third strode up to meet him and said in English: "Mr. Zhang, according to the response speed of the fire department of the SAR government, the firefighting equipment and the firefighting conditions around the fire scene, I have reason to think that this is just the beginning, and if the fire is not controlled within an hour, it is likely that a bigger explosion will occur." ”

The charter nodded slightly, and introduced sideways: "Robert, the fire supervisor of NB Aviation Leipzig International Airport, participated in and commanded the Chinese and German firefighters to extinguish the Kuwait oil field fire, and is a senior fire expert. The two are from the Xichuan Petroleum Administration of China National Petroleum Corporation and the Binhai City Fire Brigade of Dongshan Province, and they have also been involved in fighting fires in Kuwait's oil fields. ”

"Hello Mr. Zhang."

"It's all my own people, you're welcome, this is Director Zheng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, let's talk about our preparations first, how long will it take for our personnel and equipment to be in place?"

The NB laboratory had already prepared, and Zheng Ming was taken aback.

Just when he was puzzled, Xing An, a former fire expert from the Xichuan Petroleum Management Bureau, looked at his watch and said: "We have notified our colleagues in the security department of the new plant that it will take them about 35 minutes to arrive at the fire scene. Colleagues in the experimental center need to organize the evacuation of personnel, and it will take 40 minutes at the earliest. ”

"How many people can we put in in total?"

"Including colleagues in the mechanical center, we are able to put in 65 people."

I confessed last year, I asked for money to give money, asked people to recruit people, and after more than a year of preparation, the firefighting force that could be invested was actually 65 people, and all of them were part-time, and the charter couldn't help frowning.

Robert didn't understand Chinese, Xing An had to point to the map just spread on the desk, and said helplessly: "Mr. Zhang, please Shuihe storage and transportation warehouse is simply an H medicine warehouse, storing a large amount of oil and benzene, xylene hydrogen peroxide, ammonium nitrate and other flammable and explosive chemicals, once combined and decomposed in the flame, a series of explosions will occur."

The firefighting conditions in the reservoir area are extremely bad, and once a fire breaks out, let alone 200 people, even if 2,000 people are invested, the fire cannot be controlled in a short time. All we could do was come up with suggestions for improvement, and those opinions were clearly not taken seriously enough, and the worst fears eventually happened. ”

His words are not unreasonable, after all, it is impossible for NB Electric to recruit 2,000 firefighters to sit here and wait.

After weighing the charter, he said categorically: "The three of you will set off with two turbojet fire trucks first, and I will contact the city leaders." Let's see how well they're prepared. ”

His voice had just fallen. The clerk put down his head and reported, "Mr. Zhang." The duty room of the municipal government confirmed that there was indeed an explosion in the Qingshuihe dangerous goods storage and transportation warehouse, and Vice Mayor Liu and other city leaders were rushing to the fire scene, and they could not contact the person in charge for a while. ”

Director Zheng blurted out: "What about the permanent secretary? ”

"Secretary Chang and Mayor Li have successively led delegations to the United States and Canada to attract investment, and the daily work of the city is temporarily presided over by Vice Mayor Liu."

When such a big incident happened, the top leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government were not there, Director Zheng gritted his teeth in anger, and immediately walked to her side and dialed BJ's phone.

It's useless to be in a hurry here, and the charter muttered: "Director Yan." I'll go to the fire with Mr. Robert and the others, and you stay here to organize the evacuation. In addition, please contact the Hong Kong Fire Services Department to inform me of the situation and ask them to be prepared to help extinguish the fire. ”

The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, Zheng Ming dialed the phone halfway, then put down and asked: "Notify Hong Kong?" ”

"Yes."

The charter nodded solemnly and confirmed with a serious face: "Not only do they have two turbine fire trucks, but they also have a well-equipped and well-trained fire brigade. Human lives are at stake, and now we can't manage so much. ”

Director Zheng asked again, "Can they come?" ”

"As long as the city government makes a request, they will definitely come."

"Then get in touch first. You wait a minute, I'll go to the fire with you after reporting to BJ. ”

As Xing An and others expected. When they arrived at the Qingshuihe warehouse with two turboblast fire trucks, an even greater doom struck. With the second loud sound of landslides and earth cracking, a thick black mushroom cloud rose into the sky and tossed away, obscuring the sky and the sun.

In an instant, it was as dark as dusk in front of me, and I saw that the people guarding outside the reservoir area were slammed to the ground by a wave of overwhelming air. Cement, broken iron, and stones fell like a shower, and the trunk of the thick bowl broke at the waist. The mushroom clouds that rose into the sky slowly obscured the sun, and in the smoke-shrouded space, only the crashing sound of "ping-pong" and suppressed moans could be heard.

Robert didn't dare to joke with the boss's life, and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Zhang, the front is too dangerous, you have to get off here!" ”

The windshields of the fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars in front were shattered, and nearly a thousand public security and armed police who came in a hurry fell into chaos. ”

As he spoke, someone shouted for an ambulance in the distance. When he got out of the car and asked, he learned that in the second round of explosions, Deputy Director Wang and Deputy Director Yang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau were killed.

At this critical juncture, Vice Mayor Liu, who was in charge of the work of the municipal government, led the city leaders at home to the fire scene, and the charter and Director Zheng refused the persuasion of Robert and walked to the fire scene together.

In the midst of the hectic crowd, people shouted the names of the chief of the public security bureau, the political commissar of the garrison and others. When the first explosion occurred, they rushed to the fire brigade and fought in flames, and when the second explosion hit, they were knocked down and injured in the arm by the flying rocks.

At this moment, he was getting up from the ground and rushing over panting in severe pain, and the political commissar of the garrison area and the person in charge of the command post of the armed police also rushed to hear the sound. Vice Mayor Liu immediately ordered the three of them to form an on-site rescue command center, with full authority to dispatch and command, and was responsible for directing the on-site fire fighting and rescuing the wounded.

"Immediately cut off the fire and all the surrounding power supply, and evacuate the people around the warehouse!"

The flames spewed out tongues of fire, frantically devouring all the combustibles around them, and the fire trucks that arrived one after another were powerless. Vice Mayor Liu saw that the water dragon was too thin and too weak, and when he asked if the water pressure of the tap water was not enough, he issued a second order: "Immediately notify the leaders of the water supply company to the on-site command headquarters to ensure the water supply for fire fighting." ”

Standing in the place stained with the bloodstains of the firefighters, he saw that about 20 meters away from the fire, there were six cylindrical canisters several meters thick and more than ten meters long, and hurriedly asked, "What's in there?" ”

A warehouse manager replied with a sad face: "There are 250 tons of hydrogen peroxide stored in it, dozens of wagons full of oil tanks are parked on the railroad tracks over there, and 36 horizontal and vertical tanks here store thousands of tons of liquefied gas......

Vice Mayor Liu, who worked as an engineer, knew very well that once the hydrogen peroxide tank burst and a fire broke out, igniting the oil and gas tanks of dozens of wagons on the railroad tracks, and detonating thousands of tons of liquefied petroleum gas at the same time, the entire SEZ would become a sea of fire. This beautiful and wealthy city will be reduced to ruins.

At this critical juncture. He didn't dare to let anything happen to the two of them. Immediately turned around and said, "Political Commissar Chen, send Mr. Zhang and Director Zheng to a safe place, this is an order!" ”

Seeing a soldier with a few soldiers coming over, he hurriedly said: "Mayor Liu, we can go, but please allow our three firefighting experts to stay here, they have extinguished the Kuwaiti oil field fire, and they will definitely be able to help." ”

There are already more than a thousand people. was burning his eyebrows, how could Vice Mayor Liu make him make trouble, and said without looking back: "Mr. Zhang, I understand your kindness, it is too dangerous here, please cooperate with my work with Director Zheng." ”

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the tanker truck and shouted loudly: "Pull the tanker away!" ”

Here he has the final say, and there is no way for people to help the charter, so they can only retreat to a relatively safe place with Director Zheng.

It turned out that Vice Mayor Liu was still very wise, and as soon as they left, they issued a third order: mobilize a number of fire trucks. A wall was built between the fire and the hydrogen peroxide, and the hydrogen peroxide tank was cooled with water. Followed by. He also notified the general headquarters of the city's general duty room and ordered the immediate organization of forces to pull away all the oil and gas wagons.

However, more than 1,000 firefighters are fighting the fire from all sides, but the fire has not abated, and the thin water dragon cannot conquer the fire in the sky.

In desperation, he had to order a fire truck to be set up between the fire and the hydrogen peroxide tank, and concentrate on filling water to cool the flammable tank that was baked, but the water pressure was still not enough, and the water hose had less flow and less momentum. I had to call the city general duty office again and order the other water supply valves leading to the Qingshui River to be turned off to ensure water for firefighting.

Through the long smoke, seeing that the twenty or thirty liquefied gas tanks and diesel tanker wagons parked on the railroad tracks not far away had not been pulled away, he pointed to the long line of explosives and said: "What's the matter, it's been two quarters of an hour, and it hasn't been pulled away?" ”

An on-site commander said: "The railway company said that the rails are deformed, and the locomotive may not be able to drive in!"

Vice Mayor Liu, who graduated from the Railway Institute, knew that this was nonsense when he heard it, and immediately became angry: "What is the deformation coefficient?" Why can't you drive in? ”

He knew very well that once these dozens of explosive oil and gas wagons were detonated, thousands of tons of explosives around them would form an atom-like explosion and swallow up most of the deep zone. This is related to the lives and property of millions of Shenzhen people and the survival of the testing ground of China's reform and opening up. Thinking of this, he gave a dead order with a loud voice: "Immediately notify the Guangzhou S Railway Company in the name of the municipal party committee and municipal government, if you don't send the head of the car again, you will take the head!"

The two turbojet fire trucks were blocked outside and couldn't get in, and the charter was anxious, wondering whether to ask Director Zheng to call the above and let the three senior fire experts take over the command, when there was a sudden "hula" in the fire in the distance, and a bunch of monsters jumped, and then with a "whoosh", a piece of red steel flew straight towards the nearby liquefied gas depot......

Everyone's hearts hung in the air, and if the red-hot steel piece punctured the liquefied gas tank, the devastating third explosion would occur in an instant.

Finally, the piece of steel that flew out of the fire was stuck in the gap between several huge liquefied gas tanks. This is a very dangerous signal, and the fire has spread to a nearby warehouse with 3,000 cubic meters of wood, and it is suddenly in flames again.

The fires are still threatening people and the SAR every second.

Director Zheng couldn't hold back any longer, and pointed to the two armed policemen who were "guarding" them and shouted: "The layman commands the insider, how can this fire be extinguished?" Inform you, Vice Mayor Liu, and ask him to listen to the experts' opinions! ”

At this time, the phone calls of the chairman, the prime minister and Vice Premier Zou, who had received the first report from Director Zheng, also arrived, and Vice Mayor Liu realized that the two outside had come prepared, so he had to risk that even they might be sacrificed and invited them to the general headquarters.

"Director Zheng, Mr. Zhang, it seems that the existing firefighting force is out of control, and I would like to ask Hong Kong to send a helicopter to drop water bombs to extinguish the fire."

Seeing that the charter looked at him, Xing An shook his head and said: "There is a wave of fire rolling over there, converging into a raging sea of fire, it is useless for the helicopter to come, it can be said that we have missed the best time to control the fire." ”

Director Zheng asked worriedly, "Xing Gong, what do you think is the most appropriate way to do it?" ”

"The fire has developed to this point, and the vortex fire fighting vehicles are useless, so we can only be prepared for a protracted battle, and I suggest that as soon as possible, pull out a separation zone between the fire site and the hydrogen peroxide tank, and use bulldozers and cement to build a fire embankment. At the same time, all the water hoses are concentrated to cool the hydrogen peroxide tank that is heated by the fire in the south to prevent a potentially devastating explosion. ”

After listening to the translation, Robert added while drawing on the map: "There is now a need for a large number of firefighters, firefighting equipment and sufficient water sources, and until these conditions are in place, complete the isolation of the lumber warehouse and the other six dangerous goods warehouses to ensure that the fire does not spread further." ”

As soon as the fire brigades of more than a dozen surrounding cities, including Hong Kong, were invited to come to support, and the order to urgently dispatch 20 bulldozers and 100 tons of cement was issued, the six dangerous goods warehouses that Robert was worried about exploded one after another, and the fireballs that flew out from the big explosion ignited the mountains and forests more than 100 meters away, igniting a wide and full timber yard, and the raging flames continued to spread.

When the leaders of the provincial party committee arrived, they raised their eyes to look at the volcanoes and flames that were rolling and surging in front of them, and they deeply felt that in order to extinguish such a fire, it was necessary to mobilize superior forces for a major battle, as the three experts said. Therefore, in the name of the provincial people's government, he ordered: Guangdu, Xiguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Shenshan, Donghai, Xishan, Changde, Panyu, and Qingyuan cities, after receiving the telegram, immediately organize firefighters and vehicles to bring fire-fighting foam, set off within half an hour, and rush to the Qingshui River in the Special Administrative Region to rescue and extinguish the fire.

This order was immediately transmitted to the cities concerned through the radio waves.

However, the road is too far. After receiving the telegram, the sister cities immediately took action, and it was two or three hours before they arrived in the Special Administrative Region.

The fire was unforgiving, and the crazy fire demon spat out tongues of fire dozens of meters long through the wind, devouring everything combustible. Fortunately, a few hours after the explosion, the southeast wind blew all the time, pushing the fire to the northwest, and the concentrated water hose cooled the hydrogen peroxide tank that was heated by the fire in the south, preventing a potentially devastating explosion.

The fire embankment will not be completed for a while and a half, and once the wind direction changes, the consequences will be unimaginable. (To be continued......)