No less than 21 victims were killed in the blaze. As authorities rushed to evacuate 71 patients from danger as the fire raged through Beijing Changfeng Hospital, it began to flash at the inpatient ward. Due to the mysterious cause, not much after noon on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the AP reported, citing information from China Daily, a major government media.
One of the most thrilling videos posted on Twitter. It shows a brave woman tying a bed sheet like a rope. and climbed the cloth out of the window of the patient’s room before going down to the end of the fabric and left to a small awning roof She safely escaped two floors down, after which she ran on the roof to the rooftop of the adjacent building. Successfully escaped the black smoke and deadly flames.
at the same time There were a number of people who were able to escape the grip of the Black Smoke Death from the flames. by climbing the window out of the patient’s room Go to rest with an air conditioner compressor that is installed on the wall of the building. Waiting for help with air to breathe
Please watch the clip at this URL https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22080613/china-hospital-blaze-fire-beijing/
The video clip of this hellfire has been shared a lot on various social media, showing black smoke from the raging fire rising from the hospital building. which takes more than half an hour to extinguish the fire completely
The China Daily reports that the fire began to spread at the first building to receive patients shortly after noon.
In addition, an eyewitness wrote on the social media platform “Weibo” that
“It was very scary. I looked out of the window of the house and saw the fire clearly.
“Many people climbed out of the room. to settle down on the air compressor and some people jumped out of the flames.”
Many climbed through the windows using sheets as ropes to escape from the fire.
Firefighters and rescuers deploy countless fire engines to control the disaster. Help the injured and those stranded in various spots. as well as helping to move patients
The Dimsum Daily News reported that the blaze was over after more than an hour and a half of killing people and burning hospitals. As for the cause of the fire, it is still under investigation.
President Xi Jinping ordered aid to be mobilized to care for the injured.
The New York Times reported that the blaze was Beijing’s deadliest in two decades. The death toll is expected to soar to more than 21, with authorities not saying if any more bodies have been found trapped in the rubble. This is a measure of the official to be careful in terms of morale and public confidence in the security system of life and property.
The initial death toll of 21 alone surpassed the 2017 devastating fire in Beijing’s Daxing District alone. The death toll numbered 19, a disaster in a migrant worker’s apartment. in which people live in a crowded
But if the death toll exceeds 25, the Beijing Changfeng Hospital tragedy would be the worst in 21 years. In 2002, Beijing was hit by an internet cafe fire that killed 25 people. New York Times reports
Beijing, the capital city of China suffered tragic losses time after time especially COVID-19 deaths in the past year After the authorities approved the relaxation of the maximum control measures for more than three years. But that turned out to allow waves of epidemics to spread.
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(Source: AP, The Sun, New York Times)
