A sudden fire at a hospital destined for neocoronavirus pneumonia in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, killed at least five patients. There were 102 patients with new coronary pneumonia in the building at the time of the incident, and 53 patients were later transferred to other hospitals. Angell, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation of the incident, told the media that there were two explosions of oxygen tubes at the time of the fire. The open fire has been extinguished and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Why this fire will also lead to individual oxygen pipe explosion, the following specific analysis:
One, the oxygen concentration must be too high encountered with the flame or oil is very easy to cause an explosion. Why oxygen will explode, in fact, understand the chemical know, oxygen itself is a flammable material, although it is placed in the oxygen tank, but improper operation will cause a big explosion. And oxygen tanks inside is a high concentration of pure oxygen, when the environment is not good quality, or the emergence of a fire and so on, it is very easy to produce a huge explosion is well known, combustion must have three elements, the first is combustible, the second is oxygen, the third is the ignition temperature. After all, it is only a kind of combustion gas, so it will cause strong combustion and release a lot of heat when it meets combustible materials. Therefore, I believe that the explosion in the hospital was due to rapid combustion. The walls of the pipe had reached a molten state, so the explosion was caused by a sudden and dramatic expansion in the volume of gas.
Two, the hospital is a place to treat the sick and save lives, but also a key protection unit. Because the hospital combustible material is very much, once the hospital fire then the consequences are very serious. First of all, some of the treatment equipment in the hospital is very expensive, and medical equipment are expensive. A fire will cause serious damage to the equipment here, and will also cause social impact, as well as irreversible damage to the patients in the hospital. Causes economic loss and loss of life and property by, in hospitals especially to do a good job of fire prevention, then in hospitals usually have what items are prone to cause fire, the first is in the hospital radiology room has a fixed radiography, radiography X-ray, these X-rays and the common circuit failure, has been a short circuit and parts damaged, and these machine parts damaged will cause electrical fire, and these machines have a high probability of short circuit. The chances of these machines short-circuiting are very high.
Three, the machine will also produce a certain amount of heat, there is also the threat of fire. Oxygen itself is flammable and explosive gases, hospitals use compressed oxygen, in the equipment or tanks of oxygen concentration is extremely high, the pressure is high, in the case of an ignition source or other reasons, deflagration or explosion will occur. The second threat is film, which is flammable and poses a very high risk of fire. The third is in some medical aspects, such as operating rooms used in anesthetics are flammable and explosive substances, once there is an open flame then it will cause very serious consequences. The fourth is in some laboratories, laboratories use of chemical reagents, and even sometimes use of alcohol lamps and open flames or ovens and other equipment, these devices are very easy to cause a fire. The fifth is in the drugstore, the drugstore put more things, and the types of complex, flammable items and a large number of pharmaceuticals.