Chengdu electric car in the elevator smoke and fire (Photo source: video screenshot)
May 10, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Chengdu District, Longtan Street Cong Shu Home District, just pushed into the elevator of an electric car suddenly caught fire, when the elevator doors closed, the elevator in the five people were seriously burned, including a 5-month-old baby.
According to local media reports, May 10, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Chenghua District, Longtan Street Cong Shu Home District, an electric car fire in the elevator, resulting in a number of people were burned, including an infant.
Surveillance video shows that there were three men in the elevator and a woman holding a baby. A man pushed an electric car into the elevator, the elevator door has not yet completely closed, the electric car began to smoke, instantly, only a few seconds, flames and smoke engulfed the entire elevator room.
The burned woman, holding her burned baby, sat painfully on the sidewalk. Ambulances and rescue trains came to the rescue.
According to the residents of this district, the district property management usually posted a notice requiring battery cars not into the elevator, parked in the designated parking spot, but also stopped the people who let battery cars into the elevator, but there are still residents as usual. Residents also reflected that the district storage battery car garage opening time is 6:00 am open to 11:00 pm, open the door at night 1 yuan 1 time.
It is also reported that the burned baby is only 5 months old and is being rescued at West China Hospital. And several other casualties are being treated in the burn unit of Chengdu Second People’s Hospital.
The news of the bursting into flames in the elevator of an electric car in Chengdu hit the Weibo hot search, and netizens have posted, blaming the electric car and the electric car owner.
“Why the electric car does not stop below, push up charging explosion accident is not once or twice ……”
“What a sin, there is a small baby inside ah. I will never go upstairs with the electric car.”
“I want to know if that little baby is okay, look so heartbreaking. In the future, when we see electric cars together in the elevator, take out this video and yell at them. The owner of the electric car really want to get on, but also to wait for the elevator no one can enter.”
“A strong blame electric car. What in the end is the reason. Look at this electric car is a miscellaneous brand. Regular ones shouldn’t have this kind of problem.”
“The tram better not put upstairs charging our next door district is because of charging in the room on fire the whole house was burned almost also involved in the stores downstairs.”
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