Little brother and sister were burnt to death after playing fireworks in the locked house (photos)
The girl’s schoolbag left at the scene was covered with a thick layer of ash.
Fire scene.
Grandpa was burned in the head.
Guangzhou Daily reported on March 10th.At 7: 30 pm last night, a fire broke out in a street-facing house in Yanbu, Nanhai, Foshan. A 7-year-old girl and her younger brother under 4 years old were burned alive at home. According to preliminary understanding, before the fire broke out, grandpa went out to call and locked it in the house, and the two brothers and sisters accidentally caused a fire by playing with fire at home.
After the fire broke out, grandpa immediately rushed home to open the rolling gate. When he saw the fire, he was nervous and did not rescue the child in time. When neighbors and fire officers and soldiers helped them fight the fire, they learned that there were two children in the house, but it was too late and the children had been burnt.
At present, the relevant departments of Foshan Nanhai are investigating this fire.
The scene of the incident:
The pink schoolbag is covered with dust.
The place where the fire broke out was the storefront downstairs of a villager’s self-built building in Hubang New Village, Yanbu, Nanhai, Foshan. The storefront was not open normally, and more than 10 square meters of cabins were divided into "duplex" for home use, with an attic as a bedroom on the top and a hall, kitchen and utility room on the bottom.
At 9: 30 am yesterday, the periphery of the incident scene was blocked by the police. The reporter saw that the outside wall of the store was almost blackened, and the house was in a mess. The walls and ceilings were blackened, the boards used as partition walls were burnt into coke, a thick layer of ashes was accumulated on the ground, the front of a motorcycle placed at the door was burnt out, and the washing machine was burnt into waves. There is also a small pink schoolbag on the stool at the door, which is covered with white dust.
At about 10 o’clock, the child’s grandfather came to the scene to assist in the investigation, and his forehead was burned. Subsequently, the child’s mother also rushed to the scene. After a night, their mood was slightly calm. With the help of the police, the child’s mother cleaned up the indoor items.
At about 11 o’clock, the police took the child’s grandfather to the scene of the fire for identification. At 11: 30, after the basic investigation of the fire scene was completed, the police closed the scene again.
Sad memories:
The child died after the fire was put out.
Alan (pseudonym) lives not far away. She said that at about 7: 30 pm that day, she suddenly found smoke billowing from the incident site. "After more than ten seconds, I heard an explosion, and then I saw the open flame start to jump out." Alan said that she saw her grandfather running out screaming while flapping the flames. She quickly ran to the Tiger List market to find security guards to put out the fire, and at the same time, she and her neighbors took out buckets from home to put out the fire. Two supermarket employees across the street also used fire extinguishers to put out the fire.
While everyone was busy putting out the fire, the son of the landlord upstairs suddenly asked his grandfather if there were any children in the house. Grandpa just came to himself at this time and stammered that the two children were still inside. Ten minutes after the alarm, the firefighters rushed to the scene and quickly put out the fire.
Auntie said that after the fire was extinguished, the children’s mothers, grandmothers and fathers also came one after another. Grandma rushed into the house to find her grandson, and she fainted at the scene. The child’s mother sat on the ground crying, while the child’s father squatted in the corner with his head in tears.
At 11 o’clock last night, in order to avoid the family members from being too sad after seeing the burnt child, the police cut off the power supply near the scene of the incident before the fire officers and soldiers took the child’s body out.
On the day of the incident:
Before the fire, Miss Sister was happy to eat candy.
Ms. Zeng, the grocery store owner who is only five storefronts away from the fire site, told the reporter that the children who were burned to death were two brothers and sisters. The 7-year-old sister was named Lili and the younger brother was only 4 years old.
Neighbor Alan said that the two children are very good, and the chubby sister often leads her brother to play at the door. She clearly remembers that on the day of the incident, when Lili passed by her door, she accidentally dropped the candy on the ground and was so anxious that she wanted to cry. Her mother gave her another candy, and Lili ran away happily.
Preliminary investigation:
Grandpa went out to play fireworks indoors with his younger brother and sister.
The reporter learned from the survey in Hubang Market that the resident in Hubang New Village is surnamed Xu, and his family is hardworking and capable. He once ran a rice shop business nearby a year ago, and then found a storefront in the market to start hardware and groceries business. At the same time, he rented No.61, and the Xu family lived in this place of more than 10 square meters. A small utility room was separated by wooden boards as a warehouse. In addition to quilts and mops, there were a small number of fireworks and firecrackers in the warehouse.
"Lili’s parents usually do business, while grandpa and grandma take care of their grandchildren at home." Neighbors told reporters that due to the busy business of the grocery store, on the day of the incident, grandma only left grandpa at home to accompany her granddaughter and grandson and went to the market to help herself. At 7: 30 pm, grandpa pulled the shutter to lock the younger brother and sister at home and called a nearby public telephone booth. About 10 minutes later, when he came home, a fire broke out at home. "There is something wrong with his spirit", and he was immediately scared by the thick smoke.
Yesterday morning, the police conducted an investigation on the scene of the incident. According to the preliminary investigation results, it may be that the younger brother and sister played with fireworks indoors and accidentally ignited other flammable materials, causing a fire. "They should have set those goods on fire while playing inside," Lili’s grandfather said yesterday.
Editor: Sun Jie