In the early morning of today (January 1), Wuhan Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street. When the New Year's Eve came, tens of thousands of people collectively released a large number of balloons, and some hydrogen balloons touched the high-voltage line twice and caused deflagration!
*Display: The scene that has come to Chinese New Year's Eve is crowded throughout Jianghan Road, mostly young faces of young men and women.
When the balloon was released, the sky was full of colors, and suddenly there was a flash of fire, followed by two bangs, and there were ...... exclamations in the crowd
At the time of the incident, the young man Xiao Feng and his girlfriend were at the scene, and he told Orange Persimmon Interactive, "At that time, I heard the first ** sound, there was a fire on the other side of the street, and a large cloud of smoke, followed by another sound."
At the time, I thought it was fireworks, but later I learned that it was a balloon that hit a high-voltage power line. The crowd was crowded for a while, and they all looked over there, and there was crowding, but in the end there was no ***
Nearby residents told Orange Persimmon, "The house with lights on both sides tripped in an instant." Generally, the time for balloon release is usually from 0:00 in the morning in previous years. ”
There are also witnesses at the scene who said: The New Year's Eve bell rang, and I was feeling the spectacular scene of balloon release and the warm atmosphere of young people.
My cousin and I got up from the ground and fled the scene quickly, and when we got home, we found that our knees were broken. ”
One girl said, "My friend and I were under this high-voltage power line, and my soul was going to be lost at the first blow of the explosion, and people were really scared to run like crazy." My friend and I hid in front of the store and blew up another ......”
A stall holder said, "On Chinese New Year's Eve, there was a power outage on the entire Jianghan Road, but fortunately, the mobile power supply I used to set up my stall was lit up by my family, and other businesses were crying." ”
Orange Persimmon Interactive learned that Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street is a famous century-old commercial street in China.
According to official information, in December 2018, Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street, as the only pedestrian street in Central China, was selected as the first batch of 11 pilot reconstruction blocks in the country.
After the renovation in 2020, a total of 83 first-store brands have been introduced in the block. In 2021, Jianghan Road was approved as a national-level cultural and tourism consumption cluster.
Regarding this incident, the customer service staff of the local power department told Orange Persimmon that in the early hours of this morning, there was a power outage here, and the repair time was seven o'clock this morning.
The staff of the Jianghan Street Pedestrian Street Comprehensive Service Center responded to Orange Persimmon Interactive, "We saw this situation on the Internet, but that place is at the intersection and does not belong to the management of the pedestrian street."
When the pedestrian street was renovated in 2000, all the pipelines had been put into the ground, and there were no overhead wires in the pedestrian street. ”
According to the staff, similar **, it is the hydrogen balloon that meets the wire of the transformer at the intersection. In addition, the incident also belongs to industry management, and there are power departments, public security, and urban management to deal with it.
Regarding the ** situation, I did not receive this notice, and there were indeed too many people at that time, so there was no way to go to the scene immediately. Later, the power department sent someone to deal with it in time.
The service center also introduced that there are many ** in the Chinese New Year's Eve pedestrian street, and the hourly passenger flow should be 30,000 or 40,000.
Orange Persimmon Interactive noticed that two days before Chinese New Year's Eve, Wuhan ** had released news: strictly control Kong Ming lanterns, flying balloons and drones!
* According to the government, the public security department will organize police forces to set up three circles of "core, control, and guidance" from the inside to the outside in the area from Yiyuan Road to Minsheng Road along the Yangtze River Avenue, and from Hankou Jiangtan to Jiefang Avenue, so as to orderly disperse the gathering of people.
At the same time, strict control will be taken on "low, slow and small" flying objects such as Kong Ming lanterns, flying balloons and drones, and those who violate relevant regulations will be investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law.
*Also remind: On December 31, 2023, no large-scale mass events of any kind will be organized in public places such as Jianghan Customs, Hankou River Beach and Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street. ”
*We will work with market supervision, urban management and other departments to jointly enforce the law in Yanjiang Avenue, Zhongshan Avenue and Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street and Jiangtan area, and investigate and punish the illegal sale of empty balloons and Kong Ming lanterns in accordance with the law.
*: Metropolis Express.