Chapter 461 Fire

Bao Cheng said that the fire that night broke out around 1 a.m.

Since the cooperation partner signed a new product this time, it is an extremely fine 28-count yarn, which is very easy to break. It is very difficult for the workers in the drum workshop to operate it. Normally, it only takes twenty minutes to make a package of yarn, but this kind of fine yarn takes twice as long.

So he was worried and stayed in the workshop until half past twelve in the night before returning to the dormitory.

On his way back, he passed by the warehouse. The fire had not yet broken out, but soon after he lay down, he heard someone shouting "fire!" He hurriedly got up and saw that the warehouse was already engulfed in flames.

Li Xiang was on duty at night and happened to be patrolling there. He risked his life to pull Xue Dong out who had rushed into the fire.

The workers quickly rushed over and put out the fire with water.

However, all the raw cotton in the warehouse was burned. Fortunately, it was discovered early and the fire did not spread to the workshop, otherwise the factory would have been destroyed.

Bao Cheng didn't say much and simply explained what happened.

Lin Qingqing frowned and fell into deep thought.

The factory is full of flammable materials, and a fire can reduce the entire factory to ashes.

When building the factory, she also took this into consideration and made the fire protection project very complete. It was precisely because of this that the fire did not burn down the entire factory.

But the question was, how could the fire have started so suddenly? The factory strictly prohibited workers from smoking or bringing flammable materials into the factory area. Every worker had to undergo a strict inspection before taking up their post.

It is impossible for the workers in our factory to bring fire into the factory.

For safety reasons, the warehouse and the workshop are some distance apart. There are no machines there, so there is no possibility of the machines running for a long time causing a circuit fire.

If these possibilities are ruled out, there is only one possibility left, that is, someone deliberately set the fire.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingqing's heart trembled. Who was so cruel to set the fire on purpose?

Just then, comrades from the police station arrived.

After Bao Cheng reported the case, comrades from the police station came to investigate several times, but due to the lack of clues, the case progressed very slowly.

Lin Qingqing was not there the previous two times she came. This time, the comrades from the police station exchanged a few pleasantries with Lin Qingqing and then directly turned the topic to the fire.

The comrades at the police station also ruled out various possibilities and believed that this was a man-made fire.

"Comrade Xiaolin, have you ever offended anyone?"

Lin Qingqing thought for a moment, "There's no deep hatred, but do minor quarrels count?"

"Calculate."

Lin Qingqing counted them off on her fingers: "Li Li, the lover of Zhang Qunguo from the cotton processing factory; Liang Ying, the daughter of former Deputy County Chief Liang Zhengen; Liu Cuiling, my neighbor in the village; Zhou Hongbing and his sister Zhou Hongxing; and my family from my mother's side. Oh, and Li Xiang's former lover Liu Jinfeng. I guess she hates me too."

The comrades at the police station thought, what kind of people are these? Why does Lin Qingqing offend everyone?

However, the comrade in charge of recording still wrote down all the names.

After recording, I went to the fire scene to investigate again, but still found no clues.

Lin Qingqing asked to resume work while investigating the case, because the contract had been damaged too much, and if she did not resume work she would have to pay liquidated damages.

The comrades from the police station naturally did not stop them.

After seeing off the comrades from the police station, Lin Qingqing urgently arranged to resume work.

Although the warehouse fire caused great losses, the factory has made huge profits since its opening. This loss can still be afforded. At most, it can be considered as a lesson learned.