Haikou's electric bus spontaneously ignited the driver and driver immediately stopped to participate in the fire extinguishing without casualties

On the afternoon of August 23, an electric bus in Haikou City spontaneously ignited by fire next to the bus station. It is understood that the vehicle drivers involved in time evacuated passengers in a timely manner to avoid casualties. At the time of the accident, two bus drivers participated in the fire extinguishing.

↑ The accident site map of the accident

On the night of the 23rd, the person in charge of the route of the bus involved revealed to the Red Star journalist that the bus was initially judged that the bus was suspected of "high temperature and high pressure caused the battery to fire." In addition, the vehicle involved has just performed a vehicle inspection on the 21st of this month. After the incident, the same route buses stopped operation and waited for the next check.

Fire saving driver recalls the fire extinguishing

It is still difficult to extinguish the use of fire equipment

According to the South China Metropolis Daily, at 15:50 on August 23, when Haikou Bus Group 176 ××× bus drove to the West Railway Station Bus Station, the driver immediately got out of the car after the instrument panel appeared abnormal. Tail battery smoke. In order to ensure the safety of passengers, the bus driver immediately opened the car door to evacuate 4 passengers and picked up the car fire extinguisher for fire extinguishing. At this time, the two bus drivers passed the two bus 2 Qiong A59625 and 35, Qiong A01190D, and found that the vehicle was smoking in front, and also stopped to help the fire.

On the night of the 23rd, Red Star reporters contacted the two bus drivers who participated in the fire rescue. According to the memories of the bus driver, Mr. Wang, around 3:50 pm on the 23rd, he drove 2 Qiong A59625. West station has passed the traffic lights, and when I saw a bus driver in front of the fire extinguishing the fire, I stopped near the station. Later, the driver of the (17th) driver came to ask me for the fire extinguisher. Go down and help him extinguish the fire. "

Mr. Wang said that he asked the 17 -way driver for the first time "Is there anyone on the car" and the latter said "no." In addition, Mr. Wang also said that the fire of the vehicle involved was the tail of the bus. When the fire became big, I used the fire extinguishing bomb on the car. The four fire extinguishing bombs were all thrown down, and it could not be destroyed. "

Another bus driver, Mr. He, who participated in the fire savings, told Red Star Journalists that shortly after the accident, he drove 35 Qiong A01190D bus to the scene. "I parked the car more than 30 meters from the vehicle involved. At that time, I saw a small flame on the roof of bus 17, but when I was going to get the fire extinguisher to save the fire, the fire suddenly burned fiercely. "

Mr. He said that he didn't think much at that time. After opening the door, he rushed to the fire with a fire extinguisher and the fire extinguishing bomb. Because the fire was too strong, he could not get close to the use of fire extinguishers, and he could only throw the fire extinguishing bomb into the burning bus. "There is a powder in the fire extinguishing bomb, which will explode after the high temperature burns (the effect of reaching the fire). After the fire extinguishing bomb is thrown, we can't help it, we can only stand there and watch the fire burning."

Mr. He told the Red Star Journalist that the fire was eventually extinguished by the firefighters. "After a few minutes, the fire truck arrived at the scene. We waited until the firefighters wiped out the fire and cleaned it (on the scene). . They (firefighters) spent more than 40 minutes to destroy the fire. "

According to local media reports, at 15:51 on the 23rd, the Haikou Fire Rescue Detachment Command Center immediately dispatched fire rescue forces to rush to the scene after receiving the alarm, thereby controlling the fire and eventually extinguishing it. In addition, the accident did not cause casualties and trapped situations. The relevant departments need to be investigated further.

On the morning of the 24th, in order to further understand the situation, Red Star reporters have repeatedly called Haikou Fire Rescue Detachment.

The cause of spontaneous combustion is suspected to cause the battery to fire at high temperature

After the incident, the same route buses stopped operation

On the night of the 23rd, Red Star reporters learned from the No. 17 bus team of Haikou Bus Group that the cause of the starting fire at present was related to the buses. , Suspected that the battery caused a fire due to high temperature and high pressure. "

The relevant person in charge of the team said that bus drivers involved in the company have worked in the company for about 10 years. And bus No. 17 has just performed a vehicle inspection on the 21st of this month. After the incident, the company had stopped operations in the entire line of bus, waiting for the next check. "At 5:30 pm, the company asked all 17 electric vehicles to return to the station and did not send it. "

Red Star reporter learned that Route 17 will temporarily arrange buses on other routes instead of pick -up passengers.

Mr. He said that the bus company will regularly maintain new energy buses. Also dust removal. "

According to Mr. Wang, if the battery of the electric bus circuit is faulty, the driver's screen will be displayed. And they also need to report to the company to contact the company with the maintenance plant.

It is worth noting that the relevant departments have issued corresponding regulatory policies for the spontaneous combustion accident of new energy vehicles.On June 8, 2020, the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on the Investigation of the Hidden Hidden Hurry Hackers of New Energy Vehicles", which requires all new energy vehicle manufacturers and power battery suppliers to focusWaterproof protection, high -voltage line beams, vehicle collisions, vehicle power batteries, vehicle charging devices, battery boxes, mechanical components, and damaged parts to carry out safety hazard investigation work, and take effective technical means based on the actual situation of the vehicle to reduce the risk of vehicle fire."For operating vehicles of high -use intensity such as taxis, online car rental, logistics vehicles, buses, etc., the inspection ratio should be set according to driving mileage and monitoring platform data analysis results. The ratio of inspection below 100,000 kilometers is not less than 5%, The ratio of 10,000 to 200,000 kilometers is not less than 10%, and less than 20%driving more than 200,000 kilometers. "Red Star reporter Luo Mengjie intern Li Longliang

Editor Ren Zhijiang Editor Pengjiang

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