Many people skating on the lake at the back of the Beijing Exhibition Hall fell into the water, the reporter visited. There are still people playing on the ice
Beijing News (Reporter Bo Qiyu) On January 7, many people fell into the water while skating on the lake at the back of the Beijing Exhibition Hall. However, on the afternoon of January 8, a reporter from the Beijing News visited the waters where the accident occurred and found that many people were still playing on the wild ice even though the maximum temperature that day could reach 12 ° C. Banners had no daunting effect.
On January 7, many people fell into the water while skating in the lake at the back of the Beijing Exhibition Hall, and the rescuers formed a “human wall” to broadcast people who fell into the water. video screen
Live video from the day of the incident showed that after the ice surface broke, at least four players wearing dark black cotton suits fell into the water. The water continued to spread from the edge of the ice to the ice and many rescuers quickly moved formed a road The “human wall”, and find tools such as ropes and brooms, and slowly approach the person who fell into the water hand in hand, and wait for the person who fell into the water you grab the rope, and then work together to bring him back from the water to the ice. The reporter noted that there were many children among the spectators near the surface of the broken ice.
It is understood that the depth of the water area where the accident occurred was between two and five meters, and all those who fell into the water in the accident were successfully rescued on land with no casualties. For this spontaneous ice rescue operation by the masses, Li Lei, the instructor of Xiwengzhuang Fire Rescue Station of Miyun District Fire Rescue Detachment, said that when rescuing people who have fallen into the water on the ice, it is worthy of recognition to use tools such as ropes or brooms. There are great risks in the way the “human wall” relay.
“The ice surface has broken up in a large area. If people stand side by side near the surface of the broken ice, the force on the ice surface is small and concentrated, which will easily cause the ice surface to break up and multiple people fall into the water.The principle of rescue is “shore rescue”.It is better than ice rescue,equipment rescue is better than bare hand rescue,joint rescue is better than individual rescue,and the shorter is the save time, the better” .” Li Lei further explained.
According to Li Lei, there is an urban heat island effect in Beijing and the airflow is slow, so the water system in the urban area, including the lake at the back of the Beijing exhibition hall, tends to freeze less than that in the suburban area. Additionally, the ice surface that appears to be “strong enough to carry more people playing” is actually a hidden danger. The ice surface will be stressed unevenly under the wear, extrusion, and damage of ice skates. ice, ice carts, ice skates, and people. It may be fine today, but cracks will appear tomorrow. In addition, the temperature has not been low these days and there are still many ice holes on the surface of the lake from fishing. The thickness of the ice varies. accident .”
At 15:00 on January 8, a reporter from the Beijing News visited the Houhu Lake of the Beijing Exhibition Hall and found that some ice surfaces had shown signs of melting under the sunlight. In addition, some areas of water they did not form ice sheets, while the previous day’s accident occurred not far from the edge of the ice. Despite this, there are still many people playing on the surrounding ice, including many children. Many players told reporters they were unaware of the incident the day before.
The reporter noted that there is no management staff in the wild skating rink, and there are warnings on the shore such as “the water is deep and the ice is thin, you can’t skate”, “the lake is dangerous, please do not go on the ice”, “the construction on the island has not been completed, please do not enter for your safety” and other warning banners. Some players said that while they noticed the pertinent hints, they felt that “so many people are playing here, nothing is going to happen.”
“The weather has been nice the last few days and there are really a lot of people who want to take their children to play and enjoy the sun.” Li Lei believes that this kind of thinking is understandable, but parents should not take their children to play on the wild ice Accident, the consequences are unimaginable. Li Lei reminded, stay away from the wild ice, if you need to play, it is recommended to go to an ordinary ice rink.
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