China-Burning Propane Tank/Police
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 23, 2017
++MUTE++
1. Police officers putting water on fire
2. Various of police officers carrying burning propane tank downstairs
3. Propane tank on fire
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 24, 2017
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Qian Yaoru, police officer, local police station, Suqian Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau:
"We rushed inside, covering our nose and mouth with wet towels, and found it was the propane tank that was on fire. There were no other combustion sources."
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 23, 2017
5. Photos of police officers carrying burning propane tank downstairs
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 24, 2017
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Qian Yaoru, police officer, local police station, Suqian Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau:
"There was no time to react then. I decided without a second thought to drag the propane tank to the corridor. When I carried it, I obviously felt it had just been filled with gas because it was quite heavy. There was a large amount of liquid in it."
7. Burnt clothes
8. Burnt hand
9. Various of propane tank
10. Community apartments
11. Police officers walking into building where accident happened
12. Kitchen where accident happened
13. Woman cleaning floor
A young police officer risked his life to remove a burning propane tank from a residential apartment in east China’s Jiangsu Thursday evening.
A scary situation happened when a propane tank in a residential apartment in Suqian City's Economic Development Zone caught fire soon after 19:00 on Thursday. Police officers from the local police station rushed to the site to launch rescue efforts.
After ensuring all the people in the smoke-enveloped apartment were evacuated, the police rushed into the kitchen to deal with the fire in case it spread to the rest of the apartment complex.
"We rushed inside, covering our nose and mouth with wet towels, and found it was the propane tank that was on fire. There were no other combustion sources," said Qian Yaoru, the police officer who brought the propane tank down to the ground floor outside the residential building.
The police officers tried to extinguish the burning cupboard first but the propane tank stayed ablaze. Given the high possibility that the fire would spread, or the tank would even explode, Qian wrapped his hand in a wet towel and carried the tank downstairs.
"There was no time to react then. I decided without a second thought to drag the propane tank to the corridor. When I carried it, I obviously felt it had just been filled with gas because it was quite heavy. There was a large amount of liquid in it," said Qian.
With the help of his colleagues, the burning tank was taken outside the building, and during that process, Qian’s clothes and hand were burnt.
The rescue staff brought an electric tricycle to carry the tanker to a nearby pond to cool it down.
Qian, a new police officer who has been on job for a little more than a year, said he felt lingering fear, but it was his bounden duty to offer help at that vital moment.
Through meticulous investigation, the police attributed the reason of the accident to the aging valve of the propane tank. They reminded residents to conduct regular checks of propane tanks during the dry season.
China-Burning Propane Tank/Police
Dateline : Feb 23/24, 2017
Location : Suqian,Jiangsu,China
Duration : 2'08
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 23, 2017
++MUTE++
1. Police officers putting water on fire
2. Various of police officers carrying burning propane tank downstairs
3. Propane tank on fire
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 24, 2017
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Qian Yaoru, police officer, local police station, Suqian Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau:
"We rushed inside, covering our nose and mouth with wet towels, and found it was the propane tank that was on fire. There were no other combustion sources."
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 23, 2017
5. Photos of police officers carrying burning propane tank downstairs
Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, east China – Feb 24, 2017
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Qian Yaoru, police officer, local police station, Suqian Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau:
"There was no time to react then. I decided without a second thought to drag the propane tank to the corridor. When I carried it, I obviously felt it had just been filled with gas because it was quite heavy. There was a large amount of liquid in it."
7. Burnt clothes
8. Burnt hand
9. Various of propane tank
10. Community apartments
11. Police officers walking into building where accident happened
12. Kitchen where accident happened
13. Woman cleaning floor
A young police officer risked his life to remove a burning propane tank from a residential apartment in east China’s Jiangsu Thursday evening.
A scary situation happened when a propane tank in a residential apartment in Suqian City's Economic Development Zone caught fire soon after 19:00 on Thursday. Police officers from the local police station rushed to the site to launch rescue efforts.
After ensuring all the people in the smoke-enveloped apartment were evacuated, the police rushed into the kitchen to deal with the fire in case it spread to the rest of the apartment complex.
"We rushed inside, covering our nose and mouth with wet towels, and found it was the propane tank that was on fire. There were no other combustion sources," said Qian Yaoru, the police officer who brought the propane tank down to the ground floor outside the residential building.
The police officers tried to extinguish the burning cupboard first but the propane tank stayed ablaze. Given the high possibility that the fire would spread, or the tank would even explode, Qian wrapped his hand in a wet towel and carried the tank downstairs.
"There was no time to react then. I decided without a second thought to drag the propane tank to the corridor. When I carried it, I obviously felt it had just been filled with gas because it was quite heavy. There was a large amount of liquid in it," said Qian.
With the help of his colleagues, the burning tank was taken outside the building, and during that process, Qian’s clothes and hand were burnt.
The rescue staff brought an electric tricycle to carry the tanker to a nearby pond to cool it down.
Qian, a new police officer who has been on job for a little more than a year, said he felt lingering fear, but it was his bounden duty to offer help at that vital moment.
Through meticulous investigation, the police attributed the reason of the accident to the aging valve of the propane tank. They reminded residents to conduct regular checks of propane tanks during the dry season.
ID : 8043941
Published : 2017-02-25 04:56
Last Modified : 2017-05-10 07:03:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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