[Haichuan Chemical Accident Information] A fire at a helmet manufacturer in Jieyang, Guangdong caused the building to collapse.

The fire lasted for 12 hours, from 17:00 on the 12th to 5:00 on the 13th. It is reported that the company mainly produces safety helmets. Two hundred tons of plastic raw materials are stored in the factory. Due to strong winds that day, the fire was relatively large. The factory building that caught fire even collapsed. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident.

At 12:33 pm on the 13th, the Jieyang Municipal Public Security and Fire Bureau issued a notice on its official Weibo "Jieyang Fire". At about 17:43 on December 12, 2018, the Jieyang Municipal Fire Command Center received a call from the masses saying that a fire broke out in a factory in the Xiaqiao Industrial Zone, Meiyun Street, Rongcheng District. After receiving the alarm, the municipal fire detachment dispatched a total of 23 fire trucks and 94 commanders and fighters from the jurisdiction to the scene, and requested the provincial fire corps to send 6 additional Shantou fire detachment remote water supply trucks and 19 people for reinforcements. The factory is a manufacturer of plastic safety helmets. Due to strong winds and a large amount of goods in the warehouse, parts of the building collapsed during the fire fighting process. At about 5 a.m. on the 13th, the open fire was basically extinguished and no casualties were caused. The cause of the fire and property damage are under investigation.

From the video provided by netizens, it can be seen that the factory where the fire occurred was an 8-9 storey building. At the beginning, billowing black smoke floated out of the windows of the factory. People immediately called the police after discovering it. After receiving the alarm, the fire department quickly dispatched to the scene of the fire accident for rescue.