Changsha held a press conference to inform the "4.29" residents of Wangcheng district about the collapse of self built houses
May 8th, 2022

Changsha Evening News, Changsha, April 30 (all media reporter Liu Shuyuan, Deng Yanhong) on April 30, Changsha held a press conference to inform the residents of the “April 29” self built house collapse accident in Wangcheng district. At 12:24 on April 29, a self built house of a resident in panshuwan, Jinping community, Jinshanqiao street, Wangcheng District, Changsha collapsed. Through technical investigation, big data and other methods, the public security department preliminarily verified that 23 people were trapped in the house, and 5 people have been rescued; In addition, the investigation showed that 39 people were lost near the accident site, and the situation of the lost people is under further verification. The five injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment, and their vital signs are stable.

After preliminary investigation, the collapsed houses were self built by residents, with a total of 8 floors, of which the first floor was the facade, the second floor was the hotel, the third floor was the screening cafe, the fourth, fifth and sixth floors were family hotels, and the seventh and eighth floors were self owned houses. The lessee has different degrees of structural changes to the house. The specific cause of the house collapse is under in-depth investigation.

After the accident, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to it, showed cordial care and gave important instructions. Zhang Qingwei, Secretary of the provincial Party committee, and Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the provincial Party committee and governor, rushed to the scene at the first time to command and dispatch the rescue and disposal work. Changsha and Wangcheng district quickly launched the emergency plan, quickly established the on-site dispatching and disposal headquarters, and spared no effort to carry out on-site rescue.

Zheng Jianxin, deputy secretary of Changsha Municipal Party committee, mayor and commander in chief of the on-site dispatching and disposal headquarters, Peng Huasong, member of the Standing Committee of Changsha Municipal Party committee, executive vice mayor and deputy commander in chief of the on-site dispatching and disposal headquarters, and Kong Lingqiang, deputy secretary of Wangcheng district party Committee, district head and commander of the on-site emergency headquarters, attended the press briefing and introduced the relevant situation.

Grab 72 hours of prime time rescue

Make every effort to search and rescue the trapped people. In line with the purpose of “life first and people first”, seize the 72 hour prime time rescue period, and do our best to search and rescue the trapped people at all costs. More than 700 fire rescue personnel, armed police officers and soldiers and social emergency forces were urgently dispatched, and more than 120 sets of fire engines, large cranes, trams, life detectors and other rescue equipment and search and rescue dogs were mobilized to carry out on-site search and rescue. The collapsed houses squeeze the houses on both sides, causing serious damage to the houses on both sides, which may collapse at any time. In order to prevent secondary disasters, after on-site consultation between the expert group and the rescue team, while actively saving people, urgently reinforce the houses seriously damaged on the East and west sides and likely to collapse at any time, immediately transfer the surrounding people, and do a good job in the safety appraisal of the houses around the site to eliminate potential safety hazards. Fully guarantee the environment of the construction rescue site and unblock the access of large rescue equipment and the treatment of the wounded.

Fully carry out personnel treatment, quickly coordinate with Xiangya Hospital of Central South University and Hunan Provincial People’s hospital to transfer authoritative experts in the fields of severe, trauma, surgery and internal medicine, allocate high-quality medical resources, rush to the scene to guide the treatment at the first time, and more than 20 ambulances are on standby at the scene. Open a green channel, transfer and treat the wounded, carry out “one person one treatment plan” for the wounded, consult and evaluate, closely monitor the changes of the injury, dynamically improve the treatment measures, and do everything possible to reduce casualties. At present, the five injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment, and their vital signs are stable.

Properly handle the aftermath

Led by the public security department, continue to strengthen technical investigation and big data investigation, and further verify the number and details of trapped and missing persons. At the same time, special personnel shall be arranged to deeply and carefully comfort the families and injured, organize personnel to carry out psychological comfort and emotional counseling, and deal with the aftermath.

Assist in accident investigation and troubleshooting

Fully cooperate in accident investigation. Deeply reflect on the lessons of the accident, assist in investigating the illegal construction of collapsed houses, resolutely find out the causes of the accident, invert the responsibilities of all links of daily supervision, such as application, approval and audit, at all levels of the city, District, street and community, as well as the departments of asset regulation, housing construction, urban management and market supervision, and strictly pursue the responsibilities of the units and individuals involved in violations of laws and regulations and dereliction of duty.

This morning, Changsha has urgently held a meeting to “deeply learn from the lessons of the April 29 accident and carry out special investigation and rectification of construction safety” to make special arrangements for the city’s construction safety. The main leaders of the municipal Party committee and municipal government will personally lead the team and other municipal leaders will do the work in pieces to comprehensively investigate the current situation of self built houses, the number and spatial distribution of ultra-high illegal buildings in the city, and deal with violations such as building first without approval, building more with less approval and adding layers without permission, Resolutely investigate and deal with according to law; If there are potential safety hazards in the conversion of self built houses to commercial houses, they shall be rectified quickly; Refine the working mechanisms such as safety detection, demolition of illegal buildings, personnel removal and normal long-term management to strictly prevent similar incidents. At the same time, we will carry out centralized investigation and rectification of key industries, fields and parts of the city, and resolutely put an end to safety accidents.

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