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Commentator: Li Hairong.
At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, a shocking fire accident caused a shock in the whole society: the "2.23" fire accident in Mingshang Xiyuan, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, caused a total of 15 people to be killed, 44 people were in the hospital**, of which 1 person was critical, 1 person was seriously ill, and 516 people were evacuated and resettled. After preliminary analysis, the fire was caused by the parking of electric bicycles on the overhead floor of the 6 buildings, and after the first floor, the overhead layer was directly connected to the patio inside the building, forming a chimney effect and spreading rapidly upward. The exact cause is under further investigation.
It's an electric bike again! It's so heart-wrenching. In recent years, the number of fire accidents caused by electric bicycles** has increased year after year, and 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%。The data shows that 80% of electric vehicle fires occur during charging, more than half of which occur during night charging, and 90% of electric vehicle cases occur in the hallway, aisle and stairwell, the direct cause is mostly the failure of the charging equipment to cause explosion, and once a fire occurs, it will quickly ignite the whole vehicle and the surrounding combustibles, because of its fast speed, the release of a large number of toxic gases, etc., it is easy to cause residents.
Luck is a fluke, and the price is painful. It is strictly forbidden to park or charge electric vehicles in public areas such as stairwells and safety exits in the building, and it is strictly forbidden for electric vehicles to "go upstairs and enter the house" ......After extensive publicity in recent years, these laws and regulations can be said to have become a household name from the level of awareness, and almost every community has posted relevant notices or slogans, but the specific implementation is greatly discounted, which is largely due to the fact that some residents are greedy for immediate convenience and are lucky. According to a recent report, in the eyes of some residents of Mingshang Xiyuan Community, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing City, "2.23" is a "traceable" fire accident, some residents have weak fire awareness, there are loopholes in the management of the community, and the normative measures have not been implemented, which may be the potential cause of the fire and the most serious. Some residents have repeatedly posted on the Internet to point out the problem and express strong concerns, and have successively reported to the property, the community and the local **, but it has not been fundamentally resolved, and the emergency call of the "whistleblower" has not aroused sufficient vigilance. Hayne's Law tells us that behind every serious accident, there must be 29 minor accidents, 300 near-misses, and 1,000 hidden accidents. **Tragic tragedies have been staged again and again, whether it is for the residents of the community or the community, property and other managers, whether it is for their own safety or public interests, the luck psychology of turning a blind eye to the hidden dangers must be resolutely eliminated, and the fire hazards of electric vehicles must be resolutely "zero tolerance".
In addition to continuing to make efforts in the safety control of production, sales, use and other links, problems such as difficulty in charging and storage, and the insistence of electric vehicle owners on pushing carts to "go upstairs and enter the house" must be broken as soon as possible. Data show that since 1997, when China began to produce and sell electric bicycles, the base of electric bicycles has expanded rapidly, and now there are about 400 million electric bicycles in China. These electric vehicles need to be stored and charged every day, which poses new challenges and requirements to the original order and management of the city. In the final analysis, the safety of electric bicycles is a governance problem, and for the pain points such as insufficient public charging facilities, we must explore a practical, reasonable and effective solution as soon as possible.
Specific to our province, the "Shandong Province Electric Bicycle Management Measures" has been implemented on May 1, 2022, the "Measures" have clarified the management responsibilities of relevant departments and units at all levels, and formed a complete management system. At the same time, it has made clear stipulations on hot issues of concern to the masses. For example, it is difficult to park and charge in old communities, and it is clearly stipulated that the built residential communities should be combined with the renovation of old communities to build electric bicycle parking places and charging facilities. Departments and units such as public security, housing and construction, market supervision, fire and rescue, and urban management should implement the requirements of the detailed measures, further establish and improve the working mechanism of coordination and co-governance, and promote the formation of a work pattern of "party and government leading, departmental linkage, social participation, and co-governance and sharing". It is necessary to strengthen source control and fire prevention inspections, strictly investigate the production and sale of non-standard and assembly, modification, and installation of electric bicycles and batteries, and promptly discover and stop illegal parking and charging of electric bicycles in public areas.
After the "2.23" fire accident in Nanjing, a new round of centralized investigation is being launched across the country around the fire safety of electric bicycles. Of course, it is necessary to conduct a phased centralized investigation, and more importantly, it is necessary to consistently implement the relevant measures and regulations, let the measures be implemented, and the responsibility should be firmly shouldered. The lesson of blood, the cost of life, and the prevention of "burning" cannot become an empty word.