Yangluo Yangtze River Waters carry out dangerous goods fire and rescue joint drill

On October 11, the Wuhan Branch of the Yangtze River Shipping Public Security Bureau held a dangerous goods fire and rescue joint drill in the Yangtze River Yangluo waters. The Yangtze River Maritime Bureau Wuhan Branch Yangluo Maritime Division, Wuhan Public Security Fire Bureau Xinzhou Brigade Yangluo Squadron, PetroChina Northwest Sales Company Wuhan Oil Depot, Changhang General Hospital and other related units participated in the drill.
 
At 14:00, with the order of the chief commander, the drill was begun. A chemical dangerous goods vessel was berthed at the No. 3 berth of Wuhan Oil Depot Terminal of CNPC Northwest Sales Company to unload the first grade oil. At the end of the unloading, the oil pipeline ship and the joint of the oil pipeline suddenly burst and splattered, because the on-site operator was failed. The danger was discovered in time, and a large amount of oil spilled over to the main deck of the ship, the surrounding waters and the deck of the dangerous goods ship. After 5 minutes of oil spillage, the on-site workers found danger when they patrolled the line. They immediately alerted the company, the public security and maritime affairs departments. The Wuhan Branch of the Yangtze River Shipping Public Security Bureau and the Yangluo Squadron of the Xinzhou Brigade of Wuhan Fire and Rescue Bureau quickly rushed to the police, rescued at the scene of the fire. They firstly deployed oil booms for controlling the spilled oil, and then threw the oil absorbent pads for cleaning the spilled oil.
 
During this period, the second explosion occurred in the barge pipeline of the terminal, causing some firefighters to burn, and the fire was spread further in the barge. The Yangluo squadron of Xinzhou Brigade adjusted the fire fighting tactics according to the instructions of the front line command, and they were responsible for organizing the fire fighting and rescue on the ship. Immediately, the Wuhan Branch 3001 Command Boat, 1201 Fireboat and 3002 Fireboat arrived at the scene of the fire. The frontline command comprehensively analyzed the situation on the site. The ship was decisively ordered to break the cable and the ship was anchored to the safe waters. The 1201 fireboat and the 3002 fireboat were responsible for fire suppression of the accident ship. Wu Petrochemical towed 1202 ship and the Wu towed 1 ship carried out the rescue of the river surface bonfire. After the cooperation of various rescue forces, the fire was finally extinguished.