Where is the biggest fire hazard? It's just around us.

Statistics from Shanghai's fire department found that: In the whole year of 2016 , there were 36 fires that caused deaths , of which 75% of the burned areas were less than 20 square meters , and most of them were residential fires.

Ministry of Public Security announced last year - October statistics show that residential fires relatively prone, the largest number of casualties. There were 101,000 fires in various types of dwellings , far more than 25,000 of the second vehicle fires . Shanghai is a very large city with a permanent population of more than 24 million. It has a high density of buildings and many fire hazards. Since September 1, "Shanghai residential property fire safety management approach" implementation, provide a legal guarantee for the specification residential property daily fire safety management, strengthen law enforcement.

In the special action launched by the Municipal Public Security Bureau in the day before, the reporter followed the fire department to find potential safety hazards for various types of residential properties.

High-rise building safety risks are also "three-dimensional"

August 29 morning, the reporter with the Hongkou fire brigade on the area Dongbao Hing Road a high-rise commercial and residential buildings security risk checks. Despite several inspections and rectifications, there are obvious hidden dangers from underground garages to high-rise residential buildings.

10:30, reporters walked into the underground garage. On the face of the 6 electric cars that are charging, they actually set up hangers to dry clothes. Adjacent to these electric vehicles is the other side of a room of about 6 square meters , newspapers on the wall, wooden furniture such as beds, cabinets and cabinets. There was another twisted underground garage and another house: the roof was drawing wires, a large row of clothes hanging in midair, and the table was a charging cell phone and tablet.

There are people who usually live in the underground garage. “Underground garages can't change their use, and they can’t live without them,” said Shi Weiwei, an assistant engineer at the fire department of the Hongkou Fire Brigade. “The correct approach is for the staff to regularly patrol the underground garage to ensure safety.”

At the entrance to the garage, put up a "fire hazard rectification deadline three days' notice of property August 25 issued. Entering the residential building, such notices are posted on each floor.

However, the inspectors found at the stairway on the 23rd floor that a bicycle was parked here, taking up most of the passage and the property notice was on the top. In the passage on the 21st floor, it was found that large bundles of foamed paper were piled in corners. Empty boxes measuring 30 centimeters square were piled up along the walls and the passages were crowded to allow only one person to pass. “This owner is now doing micro-business.” Property management staff said: “We talked to them several times and there were conflicts with our neighbors, but they just didn’t listen.”

Behind the hidden dangers, it is often a variety of contradictions.

On the 23rd floor of the bicycle was moved to the garage by the property staff, there are residents to stop: "Bicycle is usually buy food, it is not convenient to stop so far?"

The same is true for “micro-business” owners: The property’s repeated attempts to remove the debris from the other side of the corridor have been blocked, and they have also been looking for other safe places in the community to pile up these items: “But when such a place is found, it must be approved by the industry committee. On the other hand, the owners have to pay for themselves."

The most troublesome is the underground garage. When the community is completed, the property will subcontract the garage to a third party for management and operation. When the contractor repaired the underground garage, several rooms were renovated to house people. When the fire department sealed up, the operator jumped out: "The road to the garage is ours. The light is installed by us. Just pay us the money and we will leave."

Shi Weiwei said: “The contract with which you sign is to discuss with anyone who wants to solve the problem of compensation, you can also take the judicial route. Now that you violate the fire regulations, we must deal with it according to law. If you enter the sealed area and continue to use it, the police station will be in accordance with the law on public security punishment. The provisions of the penalty."

The residents of the dumps are lucky enough not to be penalized

Beauty salons used “fire therapy”, residents’ houses changed “B&B”, and old hotels became “theaters”... The reporter found through search software that some “new business” places were quite numerous.

A “private movie theater” on Yuyuan Road hides in the high-rises of an apartment building. There is no obvious difference between the outside and the ordinary residential buildings. Entering the door, several rooms are basically the same in terms of decoration, laying carpets on the floor, thick cushions on the walls, and the service personnel call it "to prevent noise." When a reporter asked about so many combustibles and each of them had air-conditioner projectors and stereos and other appliances, the safety was guaranteed. The other party said with a smile that “no guests had ever worried about this problem”.

August 31 at 10 am, the reporter with the fire brigade Pudong Lujiazui joint brigade police station, to get the Hong Pu Ming Road 1228 Garden district fire safety checks.

As soon as we walked into the corridor, the oncoming hydroelectric meter box half-opened the door and opened it. There was a pile of planks, umbrellas, plastic bags and other miscellaneous items on the inside, and several paint buckets were still on the floor. “According to regulations, the water and electricity meter boxes can not be stacked debris, to prevent the fire, the debris caused by the combustion of fire propagation.” Fire inspection personnel said that after burning debris will cause short-circuit wires, easily lead to secondary disasters.

In subsequent layer-by-layer inspections, evacuation routes were used on almost every floor. On the 14th floor, when the firefighting inspectors stepped out of the elevator, they saw a bicycle parked in the corridor; the normally closed fire doors were opened; a dense curtain blocked the inspectors’ way out of the way, and the curtains were opened. There was actually one behind the door. The washing machine blocked the evacuation channel and there was a drying rack above it. A large row of clothes was hanging on it.

In fact, there are many hidden dangers in the fire safety of residential buildings. The most obvious example is the stacking of corridors.

In a community on Dongming Road, there is a large cabinet at one end of the narrow corridor and all are locked. Residents next to the frankly stated that there were piles of miscellaneous things in the locker: “When you bought a house, you said that it was promised by the property and it was one of the 'selling points' of the house.”

In the top floor of an old-fashioned community on Hu Nan Road, two sticks were put up at the end of the staircase handrails, and a large amount of debris such as benches, paper cases, and beverage bottles were piled up on a wooden board. The residents said: "I haven't piled up in the corridor. What kind of common area?"

Some residents admitted frankly that they did not worry about being punished: “How can the police force be so limited?” “Every family is in a pile. Everyone has to be punished.” Some property management staff also stated: “The property is not enforced. The right can only be persuaded, but the effect is general.” Even the property has frankly stated: “The persuasion has no effect, and the residents still refuse to pay property fees; we have to be punished according to the law, and anyone who wants to do it is thankless.”

In the eyes of some people in the industry, in the face of numerous hidden dangers and the complex contradictions behind it, it is an effective management method to punish and educate offenders by increasing penalties. The implementation of the "Administrative Measures on the Fire Safety of Residential Properties in Shanghai Municipality" also provides a legal basis for more detailed and clear management from the system.

This article comes from the "Liberation Daily."