2024-01-25 13:23:47
A fire broke out in a shopping mall in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, China yesterday followingnoon. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
A fire broke out in a shopping mall in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, China yesterday (24th) followingnoon, resulting in 39 deaths and 9 injuries. Some students accused the cram school teachers of adding extra classes at short notice and making phone calls one by one, thinking that if they didn’t make up the classes, everything would be fine. At the moment of the fire, there was another male student who sent a message to his mother, but then lost contact and is still unreachable, which is worrying.
According to a preliminary investigation, the fire originated from illegal construction by construction workers during the renovation of the cold storage on the first floor of the shopping mall. Thick smoke surged to the second floor. The second floor is a training institution called “Game Education Consulting” and a hotel. , the trapped people were mainly students participating in training and accommodation passengers. The accident killed 39 people and injured 9 people. Among them, 8 people are in stable condition and 1 person is still being rescued.
The cram school originally had no classes, but the teacher made up the classes temporarily. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
After the accident, two students were interviewed by the China Youth Daily. They mentioned that they signed up for a training class with four other classmates in order to prepare for the entrance examination. The class was added at short notice. At 2:07 p.m. that day, the teacher The group sent a message, “Students who are not here, hurry up.” Unexpectedly, a fire broke out and all four students died in the fire cave.
Students revealed that there are two exits from the classroom to the outside. One is hidden at the back of the classroom, behind a curtain, with a small window, but it has not been opened. The other is a small aluminum alloy door next to the podium, but the door It’s so narrow that only one person can pass through at a time.
A classmate named Wu lost contact following sending a message to his mother. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
In addition, according to “Cover News”, a male classmate named Wu was attending a training class at the time. He sent a message to his mother, “It’s on fire and can’t get out.” After sending the last sentence “Mom”, he lost contact. In this regard, Wu’s mother said that no matter how she taught her how to escape, it was useless, and she mightn’t contact anyone. There is no news yet, and she is still waiting for the results in the hospital.
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