According to the latest news, the death toll from the fire accident in the Mingshang Xiyuan residential building in Yuhuatai District, Nanjing has increased to 15, and another 44 people are receiving ** in the hospital**.
After preliminary analysis, the fire was caused by the parking of electric bicycles on the overhead floor of 6 buildings, and the specific cause is under further investigation.
E-bikes** are not a new thing.
According to the statistics of the National Fire and Rescue Administration, a total of 2 electric bicycle fires will be reported nationwide in 202310,000, an increase of 17 compared to 20224%。
In 2022, a total of 1 electric bicycle fires will be reported nationwide80,000, up 23. from 20214%。
The number of reported e-bike fires nationwide from 2021 to 2023.
Counting those who did not call the police, it should be more.
Why do e-bikes frequent**?
And how can you avoid it?
Today, let's talk about it from the perspective of the industry.
China is the world's largest country in the production and use of electric bicycles, with a total of 3500 million vehicles, with an average of 1 e-bike for every 4 people.
The number of accidents is large, and the number of accidents is naturally more.
From the production side, most of the products manufactured by regular electric bicycle manufacturers are fine.
However, the huge electric bicycle market has given birth to a large industry - modification.
As we all know, for safety reasons, the national standard has clear regulations on the speed, endurance and weight of electric bicycles.
Many modification shops will modify batteries, controllers, motors and other accessories in violation of regulations to meet the needs of some consumers for high speed, long battery life and large load.
These tuning shops often tie in the sale of non-original chargers, batteries and other accessories, which have not been rigorously tested and verified, and the technical parameters do not match, which is prone to fire and other safety accidents.
Supervisors investigate and deal with illegally modified electric bicycles.
In addition, motor vehicles have an annual inspection system, while e-bikes do not.
Consumers ride electric bicycles, and there is no concept of scrapping, and most of them are used until they are broken.
After a long time, electric bicycles will inevitably have problems such as poor contact and aging lines, and it is also easy to cause fires.
From this point of view, the illegal modification of electric bicycles should be severely cracked down, and at the same time, the trade-in should be vigorously promoted.
Data shows that 80% of electric vehicle fires occur while charging, and more than half of them occur during charging at night.
The charging time of the battery car is generally not more than eight hours, once the charging time is too long, it will not only shorten the battery life, but also cause a fire due to overcharging.
Charging has also become a key link to reduce the probability of fire.
Now, there are some smart charging solutions on the market, with functions such as "overcharge protection", "short circuit protection", "timing protection", etc., once the power is too large or a short circuit occurs, the system will automatically trip and close the circuit to ensure the safety of the charging process.
Smart charging station for electric bikes.
If you are equipped with some smoke alarms, red fire hoses, sprinkler faucets, surveillance cameras and other technical defense facilities, then the safety factor will be higher.
This time, the first point of the fire in the residential building in Yuhuatai District, Nanjing is the overhead layer on the ground.
This is not an isolated case, as 90% of the cases of electric vehicles causing people occur in hallways, aisles and stairwells.
In the news, we also often see that someone pushes an electric bicycle into an elevator**, causing a tragedy.
It is precisely because the electric bicycle is close to or even hides in a residential building, once a fire breaks out, the toxic smoke quickly rises to the room floor, and it is very easy to create **staff**.
E-bikes in the elevator**.
So, how do you avoid an e-bike going upstairs?
In addition to relying on the consciousness of the public, it also depends on property management.
In the view of the Correct Solution, a good property team is no less important than a fire brigade.
From the perspective of electric bicycle safety alone, the property needs to stop the cart going upstairs, the centralized charging place needs the property to manage, the fire protection facilities need the property to maintain, and the controllable fire needs the property to extinguish the ......
Article 942 of the Civil Code stipulates that the property management company is not only the person responsible for fire protection, but also the manager of the carport, and shall bear the corresponding responsibility for the damage to the property safety of the owner if it is not equipped with fire-fighting equipment and fails to fulfill its management responsibilities.
In reality, not only do we rarely see the property taking responsibility for this, but the owner suffers from the property for a long time.
It's time to regulate the property industry.
Electric bicycles are not only related to the travel of hundreds of millions of people, but also an important industry.
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In order to reduce the risk of electric bicycles, technological progress, industrial development, and the cooperation of all parties are needed.
To sum up, the correct solution is recommended:
First, to buy products from regular manufacturers, do not modify them privately, inspect them regularly, and abandon the old and buy new ones if necessary.
The second is not to push the cart upstairs or charge it at home.
The third is to supervise the property of their own community to perform their duties.
Fourth, master some fire protection knowledge in case of emergency.
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