It is reported that there were two fire engines working in front of the dormitory building that caught fire that day, one was a spray truck and the other was an ordinary waterwheel. Due to the complex terrain, only these two cars can come in and work. About 30 fire fighters are fighting the fire at the scene, and school security and public security police have organized students to retreat.
Most of the evacuated students were arranged to stay in the auditoriums of Tianjin University and University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Some students were temporarily placed in school canteens, gymnasiums, underground laboratories and nearby Baokang Hospital. According to another student, Xiao Liu, the school is urgently contacting the hotel near the school to try to let students who have no place to live stay in the hotel.
It is understood that the dormitory that caught fire is a dormitory rented by the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Tianjin University, and basically all students live in the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Four floors, each floor is about 16 room, with more than 60 rooms. If there are four students in each room, there are about 200 people.
Then on May 16, Weibo, the official of the Fire Department of Tianjin Public Security Bureau, announced today that at 20 o'clock on May 15, the dormitory 35 of Weijin Road Campus of Tianjin University rented by Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine caught fire. After receiving the alarm, the police of public security fire control, traffic control and local Nankai branch quickly rushed to the scene to fully carry out fire fighting, rescue and evacuation work. After the fire was put out, there were no casualties. The cause of the fire is under investigation.