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Huge flames sprang out from the shops downstairs of the residents on the street and burned upstairs. The raging fire was like a devil's tongue, which could devour everything.

It was past one o'clock in the morning, and it was supposed to be the time when everyone was sleeping most soundly and the sky was darkest, but now these flames reflected the surroundings like daylight, and countless awakened people were crying.

"Please save our son, please save our son, he is on the fourth floor, if you don't save him, he will burn to death!"

"The child is still young and cannot open the door. You must save him!"

"My house...my house..."

"My son is going to be gone, you still miss your house, it's all about you!"

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"There are still people inside! Song Xiu, you lead the team in and are responsible for rescuing people. Zhan Chao, you follow Song Xiu and go to the third floor to break out the smoke vents, and try to put out the fire as soon as possible without involving the surrounding houses!" However, Ma Jianjun, the head of the fire brigade who was still strong, glanced at the crying men and women, and spoke loudly to Song Xiu who was setting up a water gun next to him.

The soldiers from the fire brigade had been here for 5 minutes. They had just figured out the situation and connected the fire extinguishing equipment to start putting out the fire. Only then did they find out that it was more serious than expected.

The building that is currently on fire is a street house in the fringe area of ​​N City. Although N City is a county-level city, because it is located in a coastal area, the economy has developed rapidly in recent years. In contrast, the city is expanding more and more. bigger.This street has just been built in the past two years. Because of the remote location, the rent of the store is naturally extremely low. Either it was rented as a delivery transfer station, or it was rented as a warehouse, and now the fire is a warehouse. It was full of furniture, so the fire was very big.

The facade of the building and the attic on the second floor are filled with furniture as warehouses, while upstairs, except for the third floor where the landlord lives, the fourth and fifth floors and the duplex are divided into several small rooms and rented out to migrant workers.

Although the fire came suddenly, there was a lot of noise. Because the corridor behind the house was not connected to the storefront, the people upstairs had enough time to escape when the fire started.

The landlord once yelled and called all the residents upstairs downstairs, but he didn't know that there was actually someone trapped above. It was a child who was only three or four years old. The mother of the child worked three shifts at night. The father went out to play mahjong, and the two left the child alone to sleep in the rental house on the fourth floor. While other residents had been awakened by the landlord and all fled, the child remained in the room on the fourth floor.

Song Xiu responded, and after checking the combat uniform on his body, he immediately put on his mask and rushed upstairs with a few firefighters under him.

"Song Xiu, try to save the child!" Ma Jianjun shouted loudly, but he was a bit uncertain. Now the fire had already reached the second and third floors, and the tongue of flames even entered the fourth floor arrogantly through the windows of the fourth floor. The curtains were lit, and thick smoke was poured into the corridor. The pungent smoke produced by the burning of sofas and other furniture was enough to suffocate people to death. I don't know if that child will still be alive...

The high-pressure water gun poured water on the second floor through the window, but it was completely useless for a while. Instead, it produced billowing smoke... Even with a flashlight in his hand and a lamp on his helmet, Song Xiu still couldn't see clearly in the smoke Fortunately, the layout of such houses is similar, a corridor leads directly to the top floor, so just be careful not to avoid the fire and avoid the stair railings when running up - in a big fire, the railings are easily deformed by the fire, and eventually cause serious damage to rescuers. trouble.

The second floor can no longer be stayed. If the anti-theft door was not made of iron, it would have been burnt down long ago. Zhan Chao led his men to stop on the third floor, and opened the door with the landlord's key to remove the smoke, but Song Xiu did not. Did not go in, ran directly to the fourth floor.

Those who had escaped opened the solid anti-theft door on the fourth floor. Thick smoke had already poured into the room on the fourth floor, and the flames from downstairs entered the room from the window and ignited the curtains and the furnishings in the room... Song Xiu had just entered the room with wooden panels If you look at a rental house divided into several rooms, you know that the situation may not be good.

But right now, it's still important to save people!

After Song Xiu went in, he immediately took a hammer and prepared to smash the door to save people, but at this moment, several firefighters who followed Song Xiu encountered some troubles. These people were not new recruits, they had received formal training, They have also participated in many fire fighting operations, but it was the first time for two of them to enter the fire scene and save people in such a burning building.

Moreover, this is an emergency assembly in the middle of the night!

Song Xiu has always paid great attention to his own equipment, but others don't. The closest fire that N City sent them out to this fire was the chicken shed of a nearby farmer's house on fire two and a half months ago. They worked hard, but by the time they went, the fire was almost out... Under such circumstances, who can guarantee that there is no negligence?

The flashlight in the hands of the firemen behind Song Xiu ran out, and he, who couldn't see the road clearly, almost fell down the stairs, so he didn't follow Song Xiu, and the others were naturally delayed.

The people behind him disappeared, but Song Xiu didn't dare to waste time. Instead, he searched on the fourth floor, and soon found a closed door.

The door lock of the rental house was not secure, and even after kicking and kicking, Song Xiu quickly opened the door, and sure enough, he saw a child unconscious beside the bed in a room filled with smoke due to the poor sealing of the door.

Finding a wet towel nearby to cover the child's mouth and nose, Song Xiuxiu was about to run out, but suddenly found that the house was already on fire—those flames from the second floor came in through the open window, maybe only a little bit before. The flames have now turned this place into a sea of ​​flames.

At this time, if he is not careful, he may lose his life. If he leaves the child or ignores the child, he can escape for his life, but the oath he made on the first day of becoming a fireman is still vivid in his memory.To give up is to kill, how can he abandon the child at this time?

The child in his arms remained motionless, and his breathing became very weak. If there was no fresh air, he would suffocate in a short time, and the surrounding flames could burn the child in an instant. If it burns, the door, tables, chairs, and beds are no exception. If you want to go out, you will definitely encounter fire!

The plywood next to it was rolled up by the fire, and it fell directly on the child in Song Xiu's arms, igniting the child's clothes, but the child did not respond...

Song Xiulue hesitated, took off the air respirator on his face and covered the child's face, then untied the combat uniform to wrap the child, and rushed out...

Everything after that, to Song Xiu, was even very blurry. He ran for his life with the child in his arms, and finally escaped from the house due to his arm injury and fled to the corridor. He could even see the water rushing in from the corridor window, thinking that he was saved. At that time, the liquefied gas tank in the rental house exploded!

The high-end residences in N City have been connected to natural gas, but such ordinary residences are all using liquefied petroleum gas. The second floor is rented out together with the storefront as a warehouse. There are no such dangerous goods in it. The landlord’s family lives on the third floor, and the room decoration is good. It was sealed well, and the landlord closed the door after going out. After Zhan Chao brought people in, he had already removed such dangerous goods, but the fourth floor...

The 120-square-meter room with three bedrooms and two living rooms on the fourth floor was divided into three areas, where three families lived.These migrants who brought their families to work in N City are not rich, so they will naturally cook at home, so each family has a gas tank. In these gas tanks, there are still valves closed...

Just as Song Xiu was about to flee down the stairs, there was a roar and a violent heat wave behind him. In the end, he only had time to jump forward and tightly protect the child in his arms.

He has no relatives and no reason, even if he dies, no one will care about him, but this child has just gotten to know this world...