After the explosion of the No. 103 oil tank, a large amount of crude oil spread across the protective dam and turned into a waterfall and a river of fire. A large part of the crude oil poured into the sewage wells that crisscrossed the reservoir area, carrying flames. In other words, there was as much oil and fire flowing under the fire ground on July 16 as there was on the ground. The cast-iron manhole cover of the sewer was burned red and collapsed into the sky.

Where did the oil fire in the sewage well go?

It flows to the U-shaped pier, where the oil fire flows into the sea.

This wharf is U-shaped for loading and unloading oil. A sea of fire has formed in and around the 50,000 square meters of sea surface in and around the wharf, and the crude oil leaked from the sea surface has reached 30 centimeters thick, and the sewage outlet on the shore of nearly 100 meters has become an oil discharge port and a fire discharge port. The hot crude oil poured out of the sewage gate and burned violently, and the flames reached a height of thirty or forty meters. Two cargo ships were burning brightly on the shore, and under the action of the wind, the fire on the sea surface and the sewage outlet rolled over to the shore, burning to the xylene storage tanks, which were only fifty or sixty meters away.

This is the situation of the U-shaped wharf, if the xylene storage tank group is detonated, the consequences will also be hundreds of miles of uninhabited and plant-free animals, to put it mildly. Xylene is a flammable, explosive, and highly toxic chemical that reacts violently.

This is the position of the Dandong City Public Security Fire Detachment.

When Wang Gangfeng, the leader of the first squad of the special service squadron of the Dandong City Public Security Fire Detachment, received the order to reinforce Dalian, it was 21:30 on July 16, and they arrived at the scene of the Dalian fire at 2:25 a.m. on the 17th.

Wang Gangfeng remembered that the fire scene was full of fire trucks, the whole sky was red, and there was thick smoke in front of him, so he couldn't see the fire. After they arrived at the position, they learned that this was the oil loading and unloading dock, also known as the U-shaped dock, and four foam guns were used to extinguish the ground fire.

When Wang Gangfeng and his comrades shot to extinguish the fire, they didn't know that this was the seaside, with fire under their feet and smoke in front of them. The fire was more than a man high, and they fought as they marched. Walking around, I saw the sea, and the sea was burning with a fire several meters high, exactly like the horror scene in the American blockbuster, and in the distance was a burning cargo ship.

The leader ordered each fighter to tie a safety rope and find out the situation under his feet before stepping into the sea. Not only is it burning at sea, but the concrete wall that connects the pier to the sea level is also burning. Wang Gangfeng and his comrades-in-arms tied a safety rope to extinguish the fire on the cement wall, and stepped on the vertical cement wall to extinguish the fire. Later, they lay on the edge of the concrete wall and sprayed foam liquid, and the hot oil poured into their legs, and the legs were all hot and foamy. After extinguishing the fire on the cement wall, Wang Gangfeng and the others saw that the sea was still bubbling, just like a cauldron boiling asphalt, and people would definitely die if they fell into it.

The ground fire was gone, and Wang Gangfeng and his comrades began to fight the fire at the sewage outlet. The outlet, which is more than 5 meters wide and 2 meters high, is a flat hole, and all that flows out is oil and fire. The fire at the outfall could not be extinguished, and the flow rate of the oil was too fast. Wang Gangfeng reconnoitred the fire scene and found a gate behind the pump room, where he and his comrade-in-arms Huang Rui frothed into it and spent a total of one morning extinguishing the fire at the sewage outlet.

After extinguishing the fire, they found more than a dozen cylinders on the side of the gate, and they didn't know what kind of gas was inside. Wang Gangfeng and his comrades-in-arms beat the bottles to safety.

During the fire inspection, Wang Gangfeng saw the thick cement pile tied to the ship's steel wire cable, and the slag fell when he touched it. A row of tin houses was burned thin and translucent, and when I touched it, the houses collapsed. Wang Gangfeng had never seen such a fire, the cement pillars were burned to tofu slag, and the iron sheets were burned to the thickness of a piece of paper.

Wang Gangfeng extinguished the fire on the cement wall for more than 4 hours, the cement wall is more than 100 meters in total, and there is a row of sewage outlets below. When he put out the fire, he looked at the bubbling sea and thought that he must not fall, because if he fell, he would be scalded to death.

After extinguishing the fire, Wang Gangfeng began to throw the hose. Usually throw the hose, generally throw 10 plates has reached the limit of physical strength. On this fire field, Wang Gangfeng and his comrades-in-arms threw 20 or 30 games, and they didn't know how tired they were. The ground is hot, and I am afraid that the water belt will be roasted. After throwing the hose, use a water gun to cool the hose, and then shake the hose again and change the position.

When he threw the water belt, Wang Gangfeng suddenly felt a thump under his feet, and he heard it. It turned out that the ground of the wharf was empty, and it was a hole in the sewage well. After a long period of burning, you can feel that the ground is quite thin. He thought that the oil fire in the sewage outlet was still burning, and if the ground was burned down, people would die. I know it in my heart, but I still have to do it. Sacrifice your life for righteousness, that's all.

Later, Wang Gangfeng was in charge of adding water, he stared at the water in the water truck, and fell asleep standing up, and was woken up by the driver. When he slept in shifts, Wang Gangfeng slept on the roof of the car, his clothes were all wet, and he fell asleep without taking them off.

After the battle, Wang Gangfeng often had two dreams. A dream is to see the sea bubbling and be scared awake. Another dream was walking on the concrete, and there was a sound underneath, as if it was about to collapse, and I was scared to wake up. Wang Gangfeng had never dreamed of a group of xylene cans. As soon as he arrived at the fire, he was ordered to use a foam gun to intercept the flowing fire that was pouring into the xylene canisters. More than 50 meters behind him is a group of xylene tanks. The flowing fire came and was blocked back by him. Pounce again, block back again. During the battle, an explosion occurred on an elevated oil pipeline 100 meters ahead, splashing him with crude oil, Wang Gangfeng did not retreat at all, and together with his comrades, he kept the xylene tank group safe and sound.