Quanzhou: Small Commodity Market Fires Burn For 6 Hours, Businesses Lose Everything.

Around 2:40 in the morning, a major fire occurred in a small commodity wholesale market in Quanzhou. The fire lasted more than 6 hours, resulting in a more than 3000 square meter wholesale market of commodities disappeared overnight. According to the fire department, no casualties were found at the scene after the fire. The specific cause of the fire is still under investigation. The spot commodity market turned to ashes. Around 8:20 yesterday morning, reporters rushed to the lantern transport company near the treasure Chau small commodity market to easily build a store and warehouse fire scene. The scene was thick with smoke, and the blaze was still burning. The burning smell of rubber and plastic products rushed out. After a nearly 7 hours of burning, the lantern star transport team has been turned into a pile of ashes. The goods in the wholesale market have been burned out. Some of the houses built of iron sheets have collapsed, some are trembling, and there is danger of collapse at any time. A four storey south wall adjacent to the northern side of the small commodity market has been completely smoked. Because of the fierce fire, when reporters arrived at the scene, fire trucks continued to support them. When the fire broke out, the police immediately pulled up the warning line and persuaded the crowd. The owners of the shops can only stand outside the warning line and look at the burning shops without raising their hands. 32 large tonnage fire tankers and 152 officers and soldiers from Jinjiang, Licheng, Feng Ze, Luojiang and secret service one and two teams went to the scene to put out fires. At the southern end of the road, the junction of Quan Xiu and Bao Chau has been blocked and traffic is prohibited. He was lucky to escape from a small lane in the long Yu small commodity wholesale market in the east side of the light star transport company. But some businesses were not affected by the fire. The reporter tried to contact Mr. Liang, who is the head of the light star transport team to easily build shops and warehouses. But after the fire, Mr. Liang was taken away by the relevant departments for investigation. The reporter has been unable to contact Mr. Liang, the responsible person. Reporters learned from the scene that more than 4 a.m. fire was under control, but because the goods stored in the fire location were flammable, the fire could not be completely extinguished. It was not until around 9 a.m. yesterday that the fire was completely extinguished. More than 100 businessmen lose their jobs? Ms. Chen runs a clothing store in Po Chau Road small commodities wholesale market. It has only one way to go with the light star transport company's simple shops and warehouses. She told reporters: "the fire started at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and the fire was very, very fierce." In the Baozhou Road small commodities wholesale market management office, a staff member said, "the small commodity market is spontaneous, and it does not belong to the Baozhou Road small commodity market management office. I know that the fire time is 2:56 in the morning, and the small commodity market has more than 3000 square meters, which are mainly 2 story structural iron houses, which are very simple to build. It is understood that the small commodity market for fire is mainly used for storing goods in warehouses. The shops along the street mainly deal with bags, shoes, quilts, washing products, plastic products and catering. "At 4 in the morning, I got a call and said that the store was on fire, and then rushed over, but it was all late, and the store was burned up." Ms. Wei's electrical appliance business was destroyed by the fire. At this time, her face was full of sadness. She said that the fire cost her about 1000000 yuan. Xiao Yu worked in the small commodity wholesale market on the west side of Dragon Yu. At 3 in the morning, he learned that when the market was on fire, he immediately rushed to the scene. "The fire is not very big at the beginning, but the goods sold here are all flammable, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger, probably three or four storeys high." At the outside of the fire, the owners of the burned shops could only watch the firefighters fighting the fire, causing them different degrees of damage. A businessman who did not want to be named told reporters that when he arrived at the scene around 4 in the morning, the scene was curbed and the fire was so fierce that he could not salvage anything in the shop. "Here are mainly department stores, there are many warehouses, and there are about more than 100 stores." The reason is that the masses suspect that because of welding, Xiao Yu, a witness, told reporters that there was a snack bar in the market. He saw the explosion of the gas tank in the snack bar, but the impact was not very big. "No ambulance has been seen from 3 to now. No one should be killed or injured." He said that there were not many people living in the market. After the fire, everyone living in it quickly escaped. He was not clear about the cause of the fire. Mr. Wei's shop was also burned by the fire. "I heard that in the early morning, someone was doing electric welding and welding, sparking the flammable substance and causing a fire." The crowd at the scene was not at all sure about the cause of the fire. It was said that the wire was short circuited. It was said that it was due to mosquito repellent incense. It was also said that someone had smoked, but many people suspected that it was due to electric welding. According to the fire department, no casualties were found at the scene after the fire. The specific cause of the fire is still under investigation and the amount of the loss should be further estimated.