After my rebirth, I became the son-in-law of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary

Upon hearing the news, Zhou Yi was shocked but remained calm. He immediately got up and put on his clothes.

Shan Wenxu, who was lying on the other bed, was also awakened. When he learned that a fire had occurred, his heart sank and he quickly got up and got dressed.

"Old Dan, you don't have to follow. Yanan and I will take care of it."

Zhou Yi said something hurriedly to Shan Wenxu, then walked out while calling Sima Yanan, went downstairs and took a special car straight to Shaohua Economic Development Zone.

Sima Yanan also received the report. She immediately ordered her secretary to arrange for the vehicle to depart. Half an hour later, she arrived at the Auto Parts City in the Economic Development Zone Industrial Park almost at the same time as Zhou Yi.

The flames rising into the sky could be clearly seen from a long distance, and as the distance got closer, the flames became more obvious, and a pungent smell could be smelled.

When Zhou Yi and Sima Yanan arrived at the scene, the scene and its surroundings had been guarded by hundreds of armed police officers and police officers, and more than a hundred households nearby had been evacuated.

The two men got out of the car, took the masks handed to them by the secretary and put them on, looking up at the burning auto parts city building not far away, their hearts feeling extremely heavy.

Under their dispatch, the city has dispatched eleven fire brigades, about dozens of fire trucks, and nearly two hundred firefighters to participate in the fire-fighting work, but the fire has not been effectively controlled.

Xu Pei, director of the Development Zone Management Committee, Yang Shu, deputy director, and the director of the Development Zone Public Security Bureau and others hurried over.

When reporting to the municipal party secretary and mayor, Xu Pei's face turned pale, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he even stuttered when he spoke.

The fundamental reason why he was so panicked was that although there was no accurate number of casualties at present, the bodies of five victims had been found outside the fire scene, and another nine injured people were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

What frightened him even more was that this was not the final number. According to information provided by relevant persons in charge, there were at least dozens of workers working night shifts in this auto parts city.

The words "major accident, particularly serious accident" have been lingering in Director Xu's mind. He has never prayed to God or worshipped Buddha, but if a few more people can be saved this time, he will definitely go to the Fahua Temple to burn incense and fulfill his vow.

Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Zhang Hui, Executive Vice Mayor Fang Daye, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Director of the Public Security Bureau Jiang Yongcheng and others also rushed to the scene, and everyone's face was filled with solemnity.

Luo Hao, the deputy mayor in charge of the development zone, had dry lips and a bitter heart.

The municipal party committee and government hold a work safety meeting every quarter. Mayor Zhou pays particular attention to fire prevention and has urged relevant departments on several occasions to ensure that prevention work such as supervision, inspection and self-inspection is implemented in practice.

However, it turns out that some people below will not realize how serious the consequences will be until the fire hits their heads.

Once a major or extremely serious accident occurs, all the responsible persons will be held accountable.

While Xu Pei, director of the Management Committee, will certainly be held accountable, he, as the deputy mayor in charge, will also be in trouble.

Zhou Yi's eyes were filled with deep worry and he let out a long sigh.

At this moment, he understood one thing again: even a reborn person is not omnipotent! At least he didn't know that such a major fire would happen.

He didn't care about the impact on his career, he just hoped that more people could escape this disaster.

If possible, he was willing to be demoted three levels in exchange for no casualties, but he knew that such an assumption was meaningless.

This fire burned half the sky red.

It started at 00:50 on August 18 and ended at 9:00 in the morning of the same day, a full eight hours.

After the fire was put out and the search and rescue was completed, according to the latest statistics, the fire caused a total of eleven deaths and sixteen injuries.

Such heavy casualties not only alarmed the entire province, but also shocked the entire country.

On the afternoon of August 19, the Shaohua Municipal Government held a press conference.

At the press conference, the municipal party committee and government expressed condolences to the victims of the accident. Municipal Party Committee Secretary Sima Yanan and Mayor Zhou Yi bowed deeply and apologized.

Mayor Zhou, with bloodshot eyes, said in a hoarse voice to the news media: "Secretary Sima has a sore throat and can't speak. First of all, on behalf of the municipal party committee and government, I would like to make a profound self-examination to the families of the victims, the people of the city, and the whole society."

"The investigation team initially determined that the fire was caused by a cable fault in the power distribution room of the Auto Parts City Building that ignited surrounding combustibles, and the person in charge of the building did not organize evacuation and rescue in a timely manner... The relevant responsible persons have been detained by the police!"

"Secretary Sima and I are both very worried and feel guilty. No matter what caused the accident, it has resulted in the shattering of more than a dozen families. Separation from life and death is an unbearable burden for anyone. As the mayor and the party secretary, we have an unshirkable leadership responsibility!"

Finally, Zhou Yi and Sima Yanan bowed deeply again with tears in their eyes to apologize.

After the press conference, related news immediately made headlines in major news media and became a hot topic on Weibo, not only because a major fire accident had occurred, but also because this city named Shaohua had the youngest municipal party secretary and mayor in the country.

Suddenly, the long-dormant voices of doubt resurfaced. In the Weibo comment section, some people were sarcastic and formed groups to post comments.

What is this, "only caring about economic development, not safety in production, only caring about gaining political achievements, not caring about the lives of the people", "crocodile tears at the press conference", "what's the use of apologies, can apologies bring people back to life?" ...

Some public intellectuals even published a signed article titled "A big fire exposed the true colors of Xinhua's leading cadres", directly pointing the finger at the two party and government leaders, the secretary of the Shaohua Municipal Party Committee and the mayor.

Lin Fang, who had just returned to Liaodong, saw this commentary article and it was as if she saw her former self. Without saying a word, she immediately wrote an article to refute each point. Then she called Tian Tian, ​​who was still in Shaohua, and asked her to interview relevant personnel on the matter and get first-hand real material.

Reporter Tian had long given up the idea of ​​leaving Shaohua, and hurriedly took his accompanying cameraman to interview Deputy Mayor Luo Hao, Development Zone Management Committee Director Xu Pei, Fire Brigade Chief Zhao Weidong and Work Safety Supervision and Management Bureau Director Ma Wentao.

If it were any other media, these people might not even give him a chance to meet. However, since reporter Tian is the mayor's classmate, they would definitely cooperate fully and would not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

"The secretary and the mayor have repeatedly stressed that we must implement safety production work. Three work meetings have been held this year, and a notice on several regulations for the investigation and rectification of fire hazards has been issued. However, some company leaders are either careless or lucky enough to get away with it. Take the auto parts city where the fire broke out, for example. The fire department has issued three fire hazard rectification notices before..."

Deputy Mayor Luo Hao complained to reporter Tian with both grief and helplessness.

He was not trying to excuse the secretary and the mayor, nor was he deliberately putting the blame on the companies. He was just telling the truth.