The fire led to the death of four people, the preliminary cause of the accident for the building to remove the escalator, sparks ignited garbage and started a fire, the ferocious sea of smoke, they failed to escape.
The reporter was informed that the four people killed, one of the deceased was a pregnant female customer, she went to the 5th floor of the mall Vito baby children photography maternity photo shoot killed; the other two female deceased is the photography agency staff, one of them after the fire sent a circle of friends said: “may die here”.
The mall closed overnight
The sky is raining, foggy, Causeway Bay Mall a few big red letters, in the roof of the building stands silent. Just one day ago, smoke rose from here and the video went viral on the Internet.
The mall on fire
The mall is bordered on two sides by the street, one backed by a residential area, and one next door to the building. The mall has smoke traces on the glass from the 3rd to the 5th floor in many places. Passing by, you can still smell the faint smell of the fire.
Smoke traces
Through the billboard outside the mall, you can see that there are education and training, photography, catering, clothing, communications, Internet cafes and other stores inside the mall.
The mall has six floors, five above ground and one underground, and was officially opened to the public in December 2010.
The only entrance was guarded by security personnel, and no one was allowed to enter. In front of the mall on the sidewalk, there is also a local license plate police car parked.
The mall was closed overnight
Nearby residents told Polar News that the barriers were built overnight on the night of the 6th to avoid people entering.
“It could have died here.”
“It’s still scary to think about it now, it’s so unbelievable.” Vito baby children’s photography a female staff member who did not want to be named told the polar news reporter that at 8:30 a.m. on the 6th she went to work as usual and soon found the 5th floor lobby filled with smoke and smoke, but did not see the fire, when she did not know where the smoke came from, just instinctively while shouting fire, while running down.
“It’s so painful! I never thought this sudden fire would take their lives.” The female employee said.
It is understood that the three women killed were Yao Mouting, 29, He Moufang, 25, and Liu Mouhui, 23, all three are from the Guizhi district of Chizhou, all after 90. There is also a male killed, for the rest of the county from Henan Yang Mouzhong, 44 years old, suspected of being the site of the demolition of the mall escalator construction personnel.
Mr. Hu, the legal representative of Vito baby children’s photography agency, told the extreme news reporter, the unfortunate death of three women, Liu Mouhui is the company’s customers, April 6 morning is to take maternity photos in the store, she was pregnant many months. The other two deceased Yao Mouting and He Moufang were employees of the company.
He Moufang’s high school classmate Mr. Wang (a pseudonym) told the extreme news reporter, He Moufang is not yet married, they have not seen each other for several years. The day of the incident at 8:56 a.m., when the mall had caught fire, He Moufang also sent a circle of friends: “may die here.”
He Moufang’s last circle of friends
I didn’t expect that a prophecy came true.
The mall channel like a maze
On the 7th, the extreme eye news reporter in Chizhou Causeway Bay mall near the visit, many people said they saw someone in the mall building using welding for construction.
A resident who lives behind the mall, Ms. Li, said that the mall’s upstairs several floors of the channel like a maze, she once in which directly turned dizzy.
There is an educational training institution on the 3rd floor of the mall, the person in charge of the institution, Mr. Cha said that they generally go at 9:00 a.m., so his employees are safe that day, whether the company’s office equipment is damaged, at present he can not go in to see.
Ms. Zhang, an employee of a company on the 4th floor, said that after the fire she was in the office inside, and began not to know the situation, only to hear a relatively noisy outside, because the last few days have been repairing the elevator, she began not to care. Later, someone shouted her name, Ms. Zhang went out to see found the building smoke rolling, only to realize that the fire, and then with others groping downstairs to escape.
The company’s property management staff called the mall yesterday afternoon, the phone call was answered and the other party heard that the reporter immediately hung up.
The CCTV news reported that the preliminary cause of the accident was the removal of escalators in the building, sparks ignited garbage and started a fire.
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