"6.27" in History | Dust Explosion Accident in New Taipei City Amusement Park

June 27, 2015 evening around 8:40, New Taipei City, Taiwan Bali waterpark stage of the Eight Immortals, the occurrence of dust explosion accidents in the last five minutes of color organized party activities, resulting in more than 500 people were injured, 12 people were killed.

August 27, 2015, Taiwan's new Taipei City Fire Department announced 27 new North 6.1 Amusement Park dust explosion accident investigation report, the culprit was found on fire right in front of the stage BEAM200 fixtures. The person in charge of the organizer of the event has been involved in the offence of crime of injury and public danger and the park has also been asked to suspend business for investigation indefinitely.

Event process

Around at 20:30 on June 27, 2015, in front of the "color party" stage suddenly the fire, a lot of people do not know is the beginning of an explosion, many people continue to dance until the front of the stage began to spread screams know accident.

Disposal of events

On-site rescue

After the accident, New Taipei City launched a large number of casualties.

The Taipei Municipal Fire Bureau dispatched nine vehicles and Keelung City supported five ambulances to the scene.

Seriously injured are issued condolence payments of NT $ 10,000 yuan, 5000 yuan NT minor injuries. Finally, Zhu Lilun also called the mayor of Taipei, Ke Wenzhe, the "Fire Department" and the Taoyuan City Fire Department to request support assistance.

New North Mayor Chu 27 evening 22:20 arrived at the scene, calling Taiwan's "Executive Yuan" President Mao Zhiguo, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je and Keelung, Taoyuan and other places to the hospital for help with the rescue.

Wounded care

Ma Xiaoguang , spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on the morning of the 28th that we expressed condolences to the injured compatriots on both sides of the Strait and hoped that they would receive prompt and proper treatment and recover soon.

When Ma Ying-jeou was informed of the first time, he called the “Executive Director” and the mayor of New Taipei to instruct them to immediately provide full assistance and provide necessary assistance.

Incident casualties

June 27 evening, the injured were sent to freshwater Mackay 15 people, Taipei Mackay 4, Taipei Veterans General Hospital eight people, 14 people Shin Kong Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 31 people.

June 28, Taiwan's "Central News Agency" message, Taiwan, New Taipei City Bureau of Health Statistics found that 28 late referral process, duplicate data, remove duplicate number of injured, the number of the wounded from under 524 repair 498 people, 43 were sent to hospital . According to statistics, according to the hospital's ambulance detection, 79 were minor injuries , 157 were injured, and 202 were seriously injured .

July 5, Taiwan's "Ministry of Health, Welfare" announcement, there are still 434 people in 13 counties and cities in Taiwan, 48 hospitals for treatment, 282 people in the intensive care unit, was notified to dying is increased to 237 people, has been Caused 2 deaths.

On July 23 , 343 people in the dust explosion in the Eight Immortals of New Taipei City continued to be hospitalized in 42 hospitals. Among them, 213 were in intensive care units and 162 were critically ill, of whom 6 were dialysis and 56 were intubated , causing 9 People lost their lives.

On September 2 , the number of victims of dust explosions in the Eight Immortals of New Taipei City rose to 12 .

Cause of the incident

After several experiments, Taiwan, New Taipei City Fire Department August 27, 2015 to make a formal appraisal report, the culprit was found on fire right in front of the stage BEAM200 fixtures. The cause of the fire was that part of the corn flour was spilled on the lamp surface. Hundreds of degrees of high temperature caused an explosion. The fire spread through the corn powder on the ground and caused a tragedy.

The report pointed out that the concentration of dust in the air before the explosion has reached the lower explosion limit, more than 45 grams per cubic meter . Due to the crowd's jumps, wind blows, and the staff’s continuous spraying of corn powder with carbon dioxide cylinders, the 430- degree corn flour was exposed to a scanner with a surface temperature of over 400 degrees, causing fire, but it was only due to the ignited air. It will give people the illusion of "explosion."

This report has already been submitted to the Public Prosecutors Office of the Shilin District Court in Taipei. The prosecutor has not formally responded to the report. The prosecutor will use this report as the basis for the investigation, but since the investigation is not yet completed, the prosecution cannot disclose more details about the incident.

Responsibility for the incident

The person in charge of the organizer of the event has been involved in the offence of crime of injury and public danger and the park has also been asked to suspend business for investigation indefinitely.

Color Lvzhong Ji, head of the party on June 28, 2015 the prosecution was ordered to one million yuan on bail, exit and residence restrictions. At around 7:30 in the evening , Lv Zhongji faced the media and asked if he would hurry and apologize to all the wounded. He said that he was also a patient who had burned his body and he was able to empathize with them. He hoped that he would try his best to remedy his fault.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.