Seven wounded people were taken to hospital for treatment, and their lives were not in danger.
Six of the seven wounded were firefighters and 1 CCTV staff. They are being treated in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, the nearest to the fire site, and are now out of danger. Hou, vice president of Chaoyang Hospital, said that as of 10: 30, the three wounded were still in a coma, but they were not life-threatening. The wounded are all in inhalation shock and will not cause harm to the body after treatment.
Witnesses said that when the fire was fierce, the flame was nearly 100 meters high and the smoke was rolling, which once completely covered the full moon on the fifteenth day of the first month. The ashes from the burning building fall within 1 km like snowflakes. Thousands of people watched nearby and took out their mobile phones to take pictures.
After receiving the alarm, Beijing 1 19 Command Center quickly dispatched 54 fire engines from 16 Squadron to the scene. However, because the fire-fighting equipment cannot be put into use, only a small number of fire-fighting water guns are used to extinguish the fire, and the fire water pressure is insufficient. Fire water guns can only reach 30 to 40 meters high, and it is impossible to control the fire of nearly 100 meters at a time.
The police imposed traffic control on the East Third Ring Road and Chaoyang Road around the fire, prohibiting pedestrians and vehicles from passing. The subway 10 line adjacent to the building is also temporarily closed.
At about 22 o'clock, special police officers arrived at the scene and evacuated the surrounding onlookers.
Preliminary investigation shows that the fire was caused by illegal fireworks.
The building where the fire broke out is an important part of CCTV's new site project-TV Culture Center. It is 159 meters high and is called the North Annex Building, which is adjacent to the landmark CCTV New Building. The new site project of CCTV is located in the core area of Beijing Chaoyang District Central Business District. It was designed by OMA, a Dutch architectural firm, and officially started construction in May 2005. The budget of the whole project reaches 5 billion yuan.
"At first, only the height of the building caught fire, but it soon caught fire below. The flames are soaring and the black smoke is rolling, which is terrible. " An eyewitness surnamed Chang said. She lives on the 19 floor of a residential building one kilometer away.
An eyewitness who asked not to be named said that he had worked in the construction unit of the Cultural Center Building. He said that before the fire, fireworks were set off nearby.
"The anti-aircraft gun fireworks fell on the roof, because they are all flammable and waterproof materials, and there is fire first." He said.
According to the person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office, after preliminary investigation by relevant departments, the fire at the new CCTV site was caused by illegal discharge of fireworks, and the specific cause of the accident is under further investigation.
The person in charge said that the main structure of the cultural center has not been seriously affected.
Re-interpretation of the introduction of CCTV's new building
The new site of CCTV is located in the middle section of the East Third Ring Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing (formerly "the former site of North Automobile and Motorcycle"), adjacent to the East Third Ring Road and located in the core area of CBD, covering an area of197,000 square meters. The total construction area is about 550,000 square meters, the tallest building is 234 meters, and the total investment in construction and installation of the project is about 5 billion yuan. The construction contents mainly include: the main building (CCTV), the TV Culture Center (TVCC), the service building and the media park.
The designer of CCTV headquarters building is rem koolhass (Netherlands). It was selected by Time magazine as one of the top ten architectural wonders in the world in 2007 (published in advance on February 24th, 2007, 65438). However, this building is controversial because of its huge cost (about 5 billion RMB), strange appearance, safety and traffic hidden dangers.
The architectural design scheme of the new CCTV site construction project is mainly composed of the main building, the TV cultural center and ancillary facilities.
Among them, the main building is divided into administrative area, comprehensive business area, news production and broadcasting area, broadcasting area and program production area according to different business function requirements, as well as service facilities and infrastructure buildings, with a total construction area of about 380,000 square meters. The TV Cultural Center includes hotels, TV theaters, recording studios and other different functional facilities, with a total construction area of about 60,000 square meters. Other ancillary facilities are mainly parking facilities and security building, with a total construction area of about 1 10000 square meters.
The expert judges think that this is a supercilious scheme with distinctive personality and no exclusivity. As a beautiful and powerful sculpture image, it can not only represent the image of New Beijing, but also express the importance and culture of TV media in architectural language. Its structural scheme is novel and practical, which will promote the innovation of structural system and structural concept of high-rise buildings in China. The expert judges believe that the implementation of this scheme will not only establish the iconic image of CCTV, but also turn a new page for the construction industry in China. (This article Source: Xinhuanet Author: Sun Xiaosheng Ji Li Jianmin Guitao Song Xuniu)
The atrium of the burnt-out annex collapsed.
According to the preliminary understanding, the fire area was over 654.38+10,000 square meters, and the atrium of more than ten floors in the building collapsed, and the digital computer room in the studio hall on the south side of the building was burned down.
9th is the 15th day of the first lunar month in China, which is the traditional Lantern Festival. People have the custom of setting off lanterns and fireworks. According to the Beijing Municipal Government, this day is also the last day when fireworks can be set off in the Fifth Ring Road during the Spring Festival this year.
Previously, there had been no effective precipitation and dry air in Beijing for 106 days. However, Beijing meteorologists said on the evening of the 9th that the current ground wind speed in the area where the new CCTV building is located is 0.9 meters per second, which is a breeze, and basically will not form a serious situation that the wind will help the fire.
In the building where the fire broke out, there was the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Beijing, with 24 1 deluxe rooms.
Liu Qi and others rushed to the scene to direct the rescue.
A CCTV staff member surnamed Chen told reporters that the building was used as a post-production venue for TV programs during the Olympic Games, and now it should be uninhabited and is undergoing interior decoration.
However, witnesses said that there were lights on the eighth or ninth floor of the building when the fire broke out, and someone might be inside.
After the fire broke out, Liu Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee, Liu Yunshan, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and minister of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, Guo Jinlong, deputy secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee and mayor, and Zhao Huayong, director of CCTV, rushed to the scene to direct the fire fighting.