A fire broke out at a tofu shop on Changshou Street in Changhua City tonight. The fire lit up the night sky, and firefighters deployed waterlines to rescue them.

(courtesy of the Fire Department)

[Reporter Tang Shiming/Changhua Report] A tofu shop on Changshou Street in Changhua City suddenly caught fire tonight. The fire department reportedly dispatched more than 10 firefighters to the rescue. At that time, I suddenly found that the store was full of gas barrels. In order to prevent the high temperature from causing an explosion, I immediately took the risk of moving the gas barrels to the street to sprinkle water to cool down. After statistics, there were as many as 33. The firefighters said: "It's okay. It didn't explode, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

The fire at the tofu shop happened at around 9:40 tonight. The fire was quite violent at one time. Zhang Gongwei, the first captain of the fire station, was in command, and the fire was quickly brought under control. Firefighters rushed into the fire to investigate whether anyone was trapped , but found full of gas barrels in the store, each gas barrel weighed 20 kilograms, the firefighters did not care about the danger, quickly moved the gas barrels to the street one by one, and immediately sprinkled water to cool down.

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According to statistics, as many as 33 gas barrels were moved out, some of which were already blackened. The firefighters broke out in a cold sweat on the spot and shouted: "Fortunately, the gas barrels were moved out in time, otherwise if the temperature is too high, the gas may detonate, and the consequences will be disastrous. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the fire. The cause of the fire and property damage are yet to be clarified by the fire department.

A fire broke out at a tofu shop on Changshou Street in Changhua City tonight. Firefighters took the risk of moving out 33 gas barrels and immediately sprinkled water to cool down the temperature to prevent an explosion.

(courtesy of the Fire Department)