Recently, with the heavy snowfall in many places in China, the tragedy of house collapse has been staged again, including the structural hidden dangers accumulated by buildings due to long-term disrepair, and some houses are not fully considered in the design and construction of load-bearing capacity under extreme climatic conditions.
This continuous heavy snow is like a ruthless magnifying glass, revealing those hidden safety shortcomings one by one. The collapse of a house not only means huge property damage, but more heart-wrenchingly, it is often accompanied by irreparable life**.
Just yesterday, on February 21, a tragic accident in Wanhe Town, Suizhou, Hubei Province, shocked when the roof of a supermarket collapsed under the weight of snow, resulting in the tragic death of one person and the complete destruction of the store.
It can be seen from the ** clip that flowed out of the scene that the supermarket was still in the year-end clearance**, and the banner with white letters on a red background was still prominently hung in the air, surrounded by nervous rescue medical staff and concerned onlookers. According to people familiar with the matter, the sudden disaster occurred at about 8 o'clock in the morning, when due to the impact of heavy snowfall, there were few customers in the supermarket, and only some staff stuck to their posts.
According to the ** information circulating on the Internet, a netizen broke the news that the supermarket collapse happened to occur in the cashier area, and this location is where a young female relative of the supermarket owner is on duty, and she is not yet 30 years old.
Unfortunately, the wreckage of the collapsed building hit the cashier directly in the head. After the accident, she was quickly sent to the town health center for emergency treatment, but unfortunately, in the end, the rescue failed, leading to the tragedy.
It is understood that the supermarket involved is a single-storey building, which was renovated and expanded by the boss on the basis of the original building, and the steel structure roof design was adopted, that is, a fence wall and a steel frame structure were added in situ. The supermarket has been open for less than five years since it opened in 2019.
Judging from the scene**, the supermarket is quite sizable, and the length of its façade walls alone suggests that its interior area is at least a few hundred square meters large. If the structural design of such a large-scale steel structure reconstruction building is unreasonable, it is easy to cause the potential safety hazard of roof collapse.
According to a person familiar with the matter, this building actually has potential safety hazards and belongs to the category of dangerous houses. The merchant simply built a steel structure on the original building and started business, but a heavy snowfall overwhelmed the steel structure, resulting in this fatal tragedy.
On February 21, CCTV News reported an incident that attracted attention: at about 10:10 a.m., an accident occurred at a place called Shennong Supermarket in Wanhe Town, Suizhou County, Suizhou City, Hubei Province.
According to reports, it was not the entire building that collapsed, but the scaffolding on the top of the supermarket that collapsed under the weight of the snow, which led to the personnel**, one of whom was injured despite receiving emergency medical treatment, but ultimately failed to save his life.
The reason why CCTV broadcast this specific supermarket roof collapse incident is not simply because of its large scale or the number of people, but there are two more common and important warning signs hidden behind it.
The first factor is the heavy snowfall in the past few days, and the extreme weather conditions have undoubtedly exacerbated the safety hazardsSecondly, the actual construction of the supermarket surfaced, in fact, the supermarket is more like a simple building with a steel frame structure roof, which has serious safety hazards and can be classified as a "dangerous house".
By reporting on this case, CCTV aims to draw public attention to a common but easily overlooked phenomenon – the safety risks posed by dilapidated housing facilities, which are even more vulnerable in adverse weather conditions. Therefore, the core significance of this news is to highlight the importance of ensuring the safety of buildings, especially old or improvised structures that may pose safety hazards, in extreme weather, so as to alert all parties in society and take corresponding measures to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
In real life, we often see many simple buildings built with steel structures, especially in rural areas, where many supermarkets exist in the form of temporary sheds.
Although they are dubbed "steel structures", they are actually far from meeting the requirements of standard steel structures. Often, only the support frame is erected on all sides, and the top is covered with iron sheets, which has neither undergone rigorous budget planning, nor has there been a safety assessment and roof pressure calculation, which hides many safety hazards.
On a sunny day, the building may be unharmed, but in the event of extreme weather, such as heavy snow or strong winds, its safety is a concern and can become a flashpoint for safety incidents at any time.
Therefore, it is indeed urgent to strengthen the supervision of such informal buildings that are renovated by individuals. Of course, some people would think that this would increase the cost of investment for ordinary people, but in the face of major matters related to human life, such investment is not extremely necessary?
Take this incident as an example, how heavy will the supermarket owner face financial losses?This loss may be enough to make the whole family unbearable.
And it is not only the supermarket operators who are suffering, but also those who have unfortunately died in this accident.
Such a tragedy is not the result of a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster that can be prevented and should be avoided.
By strengthening supervision and standardization, we can reduce the occurrence of such accidents from the source and ensure the safety of people's lives and property, which is the real long-term plan.