At about 20:37 on June 21, 2023, a particularly major gas ** accident occurred at Fuyang Barbecue Nationality Street Store, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, resulting in 31 deaths, 7 injuries, and direct economic losses of 511450,000 yuan. A few days ago, the executive meeting reviewed and approved the investigation report of the "6.21" special major gas accident of Ningxia Yinchuan Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant. After the investigation of the accident investigation team, it was determinedThis is a production safety liability accident caused by the illegal inspection, operation and distribution of LPG cylinders that do not meet the standards of relevant enterprises, the leakage of barbecue restaurants in illegal operation, the failure of local party committees and their relevant departments to perform their duties, and the loss of control of gas safety. After the accident, ** attaches great importance to it. The general secretary immediately issued important instructions and instructions, emphasizing that the accident caused many people, which is distressing and a profound lesson. It is necessary to make every effort to do a good job in the treatment of the wounded and the comfort of the families of the most important personnel, find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible, and seriously investigate the responsibility in accordance with the law. All regions and relevant departments should firmly establish the concept of safe development, adhere to the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life, and pay close attention to the implementation of the work with a sense of responsibility of "always rest assured", keep an eye on the signs and hidden dangers, and comprehensively investigate risks. In the near future, relevant departments should carry out a special rectification of production safety risks, strengthen safety supervision in key industries and key areas, effectively prevent the occurrence of major and extraordinarily large production safety accidents, and effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property. Premier Li Qiang and other leading comrades gave instructions and put forward clear requirements. The Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Market Regulation and other relevant departments responded quickly and formed a joint working group to rush to the scene to guide the rescue and disposal of the accident. In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, with the approval of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Market Supervision, the National Fire and Rescue Bureau, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the people of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region participated in the establishment of the Ningxia Yinchuan Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant "6.21" special major gas accident investigation team. At the same time, experts in gas, fire protection, gas cylinders, pipe valves, ** and construction are invited to participate in the accident investigation. The accident investigation team found out the accident, the cause of the accident, the situation of the personnel, the relevant situation and responsibilities of the Fuyang barbecue restaurant and gas cylinder inspection, filling and distribution units, and the problems existing in the supervision of the relevant local party committees and relevant departments and the responsibilities of relevant personnel through various methods such as data review, discussion and exchange, on-site investigation, field investigation, physical evidence identification, first-class analysis, simulation experiments, inquiry and conversation, theoretical calculation and analysis, and expert evaluation and demonstration; At the same time, the investigation team took a counter-argument.
3. In-depth analysis of the outstanding problems exposed by the accident, summarizing the main lessons of the accident, and putting forward suggestions for rectification and preventive measures. The accident investigation team found out that the direct cause of the accident was the illegal distribution of liquefied petroleum gas distribution enterprises to the barbecue restaurant with gas phase valves and liquid phase valves of the "double-mouth bottle", the clerk mistakenly connected the gas phase valve regulator to the liquid phase valve, and disassembled and installed the pressure regulator without authorization after the use was found to be abnormal, resulting in the leakage of liquefied petroleum gas, and the valve was mistakenly opened in the opposite direction during disposal, resulting in a large amount of leakage and spraying, mixed with air to reach the limit, and then ** in the case of open fire in the kitchen. Due to the lack of organized evacuation, the partition wall where the only staircase passage was blown up was seriously blocked, and the windows facing the street on the second floor were blocked and completely blocked by anchored and welded steel billboards, which seriously affected the escape of personnel and led to the expansion of **. The investigation found that the main problems exposed by the accident were perfunctory special rectification by the local party committee and its relevant departments, dereliction of duty and responsibility in source management, fraud in gas cylinder inspection and filling, chaotic management of gas operation, distribution and use of gas, safety failure and leakage of catering establishments, and lax and soft law enforcement inspections. The relevant enterprises involved have committed relevant violations of laws and regulations. In accordance with the regulations, the accident investigation team will hand over clues and related materials such as problems in the performance of duties by public employees of the local party committee and relevant departments found in the course of the accident investigation to the ** Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission for accountability review and investigation team. In view of the problems exposed in the accident, the accident investigation team summed up the main lessons in five aspects: the safety red line that should be adhered to was not kept, the strong sense of responsibility that should be there was relaxed and slack, the whole chain supervision was dropped and the gear was broken, the hard measures that should be used to combat non-violations were not hardened, and the safety foundation that should be grasped was not in place. At the same time, six suggestions for rectification and preventive measures were proposed: overall development and safety, and pay close attention to gas safety; Strict market access, fully standardize the development order of the industry; strengthen joint management and improve the efficiency of safety supervision; Quickly carry out actions to thoroughly rectify the hidden dangers of catering users; Improve regulations and standards, improve applicability and mandatory; Pay close attention to the end of society and improve the level of grassroots capacity. This article is **from WeChat***China News Service, *Xinhua News Agency.
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