A fire broke out on the high-speed rail, what about the flame retardant?

At 11:53 on January 25, 2018, the G281 train from Qingdao to Hangzhou East stopped at Dingyuan Station, causing a fire due to a malfunction of electrical equipment.

Fortunately, the accident caused no casualties. Judging from the pictures at the scene, it can be clearly seen that the fire was very violent. Seeing the raging fire on the G281 train, an important issue that must be reviewed is: the materials used on the high-speed rail have high requirements for flame retardancy. The design and manufacture of high-speed rail must also be carried out in strict accordance with flame-retardant standards. However, judging from the photos at the scene, the iron shell of a carriage has been burned through, which shows how big and violent the fire is.

Then, we can ask: Has the flame retardant standard for high-speed rail played a role? Is the high-speed rail really a flame-retardant material selected according to the flame-retardant standard? Since the high-speed rail has a high flame-retardant standard, why is there such a violent fire? Why did the fire burn the car so badly?

Fortunately for the high-speed rail fire, the G281 high-speed rail just stopped at Dingyuan Station when the fire broke out. The high-speed train stops at Dingyuan Station. After a fire breaks out, firefighting forces can be dispatched quickly to put out the fire in the shortest possible time.

What's more, the G281 high-speed train stops at the station, and the speed of fire spread is much smaller when there is no movement.

If a fire breaks out on a high-speed rail, we really dare not imagine what kind of catastrophic consequences it will cause if a fire breaks out on a high-speed rail running at a high speed of up to 300 kilometers per hour? How important is high-speed rail fire prevention!

How important it is that high-speed rail is designed and constructed in strict accordance with flame retardant standards!

The G281 high-speed rail fire is shocking, and it needs to be more vigilant: our high-speed rail, fire prevention, flame-retardant standards, and flame-retardant materials must be strictly inspected.

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