Cangshan Gai Shan Shoe Factory Fire Workers Climb Ladder To Save Themselves

On the afternoon of 2, 4 p.m., a shoe factory in gazhai village, Gai Shan, Cangshan, was on fire. Dozens of employees were trapped upstairs.

At critical juncture, the shoe factory staff took the ladder to save themselves, and dozens of employees were able to escape.

Some female employees jumped from the two floor in a hurry, resulting in leg injuries.

Reporters rushed to the scene and found that the shoe factory door was closed, and the entire factory area had been cut off.

A lot of articles were stacked under the building facing the gate. It was made of leather and foam for shoes. There were obvious signs of smoke and burning marks.

Several men were walking around the yard with flashlights. They were reluctant to introduce the details of the fire.

According to the owner of a barber shop opposite the shoe factory gate, 2 pm at 4 p.m., a lot of thick smoke appeared in the shoe factory building, and then someone heard "fire."

Then, 3 fire engines drove to the gate of the shoe factory and sprinkled.

Shopkeepers also said that after the fire, many people from the shoe factory floor jumped from the two floor to the ground, legs, feet and other parts of the injury, was then rushed to the ambulance to pick up.

Reporter after many twists and turns, he found Mr. Cheng, a Chongqing migrant worker who escaped from the fire scene.

On the 2 day, the shoe factory paid wages, and he and the workmen of the same workshop got more than 10 people on the third floor of the shoe factory, and suddenly heard someone shouting "fire."

He tried to run downstairs, only to see that the stairs on the two floor were blocked by thick smoke and the flames were going up straight up.

At that time, the workers in the yard took a ladder to the window of the two floor, but the ladder was a bit short, and the people still couldn't reach it.

The security guard at the door also found leather, cardboard and other materials and paddled them, and dozens of people escaped by ladder.

Mr. Cheng said that a few women workers might be too anxious to jump directly from the two floor window. They may hurt their legs and feet and jump to the ground.

Reporter learned from the relevant departments, the accident may be caused by electrical appliances on the first floor of the shoe machine fire, because the shoe factory is a lot of inflammable material, smoke will soon diffuse to the two floor, the third floor.