A barbecue restaurant in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province exploded in the early morning, causing 22 minor injuries

Original title: A barbecue restaurant exploded in the early morning, causing 22 people to be slightly injured. The street was littered with debris and a car was overturned upside down. At around 3am on June 23, a restaurant at No. 51 Hehui Street, Gulou District, Nanjing, exploded, causing 22 people to be slightly injured and leaving the scene in chaos. After investigation by *, fire and other departments, no fatalities were found at the scene. The cause of the accident was a leakage of liquefied gas cylinders from a restaurant. The three responsible persons have been taken into criminal compulsory measures by the police for safety responsibility accidents. Yangtze Evening News reporter Ji Yuxuan directly hit the scene of the explosion, which was surrounded by a mess. Two cars were overturned at around 4am on the 23rd. Yangtze Evening News reporter rushed to the explosion site at No. 51 Hehui Street, where a scene of disaster was in front of him. Cars that should have been parked neatly were shaken off the road, and the storefronts on the roadside within about 50 meters of the explosion site were scattered, becoming open rooms. The road was covered with broken glass and building debris. Ms. Zhang's family lives upstairs from the snack shop where the explosion occurred, and she was also awakened by the loud explosion while sleeping. She thought it was thunder at one point and tiptoed up to unplug the charging electric bike. Unexpectedly, when I reached out, the ground was covered in broken glass and my feet were also scratched. Ms. Zhang and her family, who couldn't figure out the situation, quickly moved out. Unexpectedly, the hallway was pitch black, with a large red light flashing from the storefront downstairs and a lot of smoke. There is a strong smell of gas in the air, "Ms. Zhang said, realizing that it might be a gas explosion. Ms. Zhang and her family walked out of the residential building and onto the road, only to find that everything they could see on Hehui Street was covered in a layer of broken glass. The snack shop downstairs was completely unrecognizable, with bricks, window frames, tables, chairs, and benches scattered all over the floor. After being awakened by the explosion, nearby residents Yang and others rushed to the scene of the incident. More than a dozen cars on the street had their windows shattered, and two cars were knocked over by the wind waves, "Yang said. He and several neighbors were afraid to return home because they were worried about the quality problems caused by the explosion in the building. 22 people were slightly injured during the investigation and rescue, and no gas leakage was found at the scene. The restaurant was located diagonally across the road from an internet cafe. The Yangtze Evening News reporter learned at the scene that there were many people in the internet cafe at that time. A large amount of debris generated by the explosion flew into the internet cafe, causing some netizens to be scratched and injured by broken glass and other objects. Some people even bled, but they were basically unharmed. There is also a residential building on the south side of the restaurant, with a distance of only ten meters between them. The aluminum alloy anti-theft windows of this residential building have all been shaken off. After the explosion accident, the 110 patrol police officers of Gulou Police quickly rushed to the scene and organized police forces to evacuate the residents inside the building. After receiving the alarm, the Nanjing Fire Department immediately mobilized the Gulou Fire Brigade and the Special Service First Squadron to rush to the scene for disposal. After the firefighters arrived, no open flames were found, but the storefront of the restaurant exploded, causing nearby walls to collapse. Due to the ruins on site, the extent of casualties is unknown. The fire department brought thermal imaging equipment and life detectors into the scene, and search and rescue dogs also arrived at the scene. After investigation, it was confirmed that no residents were trapped at the scene. According to preliminary police statistics, 22 people were injured in the explosion, mostly minor injuries. After treatment, he has left on his own. At 10am on the 23rd, a reporter from Yangtze Evening News came to the scene again, and at this time, a huge excavator was cleaning up the debris on site. According to the on-site staff of Ganghua Gas, the instrument detection showed that no gas content was detected in the air on site, and large machinery can enter the site for operation. The staff member also stated that there is no indication that there was a natural gas leak in the pipeline at the scene that caused the explosion. According to the investigation into the cause of the accident caused by a large liquefied gas tank leak, the person in charge of the restaurant stated in an interview with the police that there were four liquefied gas cylinders in the restaurant's kitchen. Li Liang, the deputy instructor of the Gulou Squadron of the Nanjing Fire Brigade who participated in the rescue, said that after the explosion, the scene was chaotic. On the one hand, it was to clean up, and on the other hand, it was to quickly search for the several liquefied gas cylinders. Insiders pointed out that after 3am, this barbecue restaurant had already closed, and the liquefied gas and gas pipelines should be in a state of shutdown. Yesterday afternoon, a reporter from Yangtze Evening News learned that four large liquefied gas cylinders from the barbecue restaurant have been found. One person is too tall for an adult to carry, "said an informed source. The specific capacity of the steel cylinder needs to be determined by relevant departments. However, when these four steel cylinders were found, their appearance was intact. Later yesterday, the police reported that after investigation by * authorities and combined with the situation of safety supervision, fire protection, and * joint inspection of the scene, it was determined that the accident was caused by a leakage of a liquefied gas tank.