Chapter 453 Indiscriminate
After the door was kicked open, people in the inn quickly rushed out.
The inn was filled with thick smoke, and even though Su Ying was wearing protective clothing, it was difficult for her to see the situation inside clearly at the first sight.
The burning heat from the fire made one's skin feel tight even through the protective clothing.
Su Ying ran to the second floor immediately. As soon as she stepped forward, she kicked someone. She squatted down and saw that it was Zhou Qing who was holding the child.
Su Ying didn't delay at all. She picked up Zhou Qing and the child in her arms and ran downstairs.
The moment she rushed out of the inn, a loud noise was heard behind her.
"Boom"
The entire wooden building collapsed!
Su Ying stood there holding the two of them, but she did not have much time to deal with her emotions. She immediately found a ventilated place and put the two of them on the ground to rescue them.
Both were still breathing, but had passed out from smoke poisoning.
“Cough cough cough!”
Zhou Qing coughed a few times and woke up, "Master..."
Su Ying had just finished giving the child first aid. When she saw Zhou Qing wake up, she asked, "How are you? Are you feeling particularly uncomfortable?"
Zhou Qing swallowed and felt his throat dry and sore, "My throat is a little uncomfortable and my head is a little dizzy."
"Well, this problem is not serious. It's just a symptom of being smoked. It will be fine after you recover."
Not long after, the child woke up and burst into tears when he saw Su Ying.
“Grandma, grandma, woo woo woo woo…I want grandma.”
Su Ying's eyes were tense and her lips were tightly pursed.
Zhou Qing's face also looked unhappy. "I, I wanted to save the two of them, but the smoke was too thick, and I couldn't bring both of them out..."
Su Ying patted her shoulder soothingly, signaling her not to blame herself, "The premise of saving people is to protect yourself, so there is no need to blame yourself."
"You stay here, I'll go over and take a look."
Zhou Qing held the child and nodded.
The commotion here has attracted a lot of onlookers, but very few people went to put out the fire. It's not that everyone is indifferent and doesn't care about the lives of others, but right now is a time of water shortage, and drinking water is hard to come by. How can anyone help them put out the fire?
"Use soil and ash. These can all put out the fire. Everybody, get moving. The weather is too dry now. If the fire is not put out in time, the wind will blow and the sparks will most likely fall into other houses. Then the fire will burn all over and no one will be able to escape." Su Ying took out a loudspeaker and shouted to the crowd.
If there is no water to put out the fire, then use something else, at least block the source of the fire as quickly as possible.
Those people were very worried when they heard what Su Ying said. If the fire spread to other places, their shops and houses would be affected.
Su Ying entered the space, took out a dry ice fire extinguisher, rushed to the front of the inn and sprayed it wildly. The flames rising into the sky and the snow-white fire extinguishing powder formed a sharp contrast in the air.
The fire illuminated the protective suit on Su Ying's body. The bright yellow flames were surrounded by people who were running to put out the fire. Some were beating the fire with brooms in their hands, while others were burying their homes in ashes. Everything they could think of was used.
Su Ying repeatedly avoided the crowd and entered the space to take out the fire extinguisher and sprayed it at the fire. The fire was not put out until the sky turned pale.
Everyone sat down on the ground exhausted, looking at the ruins illuminated by golden light.
When the fire was about to be extinguished, Su Ying had already taken off her mask and protective clothing.
The entire inn was constructed of wood, and even the backyard was not spared; everything was burned to ashes.
Shopkeeper Li knelt on the ground and cried in despair as he watched his half life's hard work go to waste.
The government officials also arrived late at this time.
"What's going on? How could there be a fire?" The leading officer stood in front of the ruined inn with a look of blame on his face.
Shopkeeper Li staggered to his feet when he saw the official coming, but he could no longer stand up due to excessive grief. He could only kneel on the ground and sob in despair, "Sir, you must help me. This is clearly arson. There was no open fire anywhere else except for a few oil lamps in the guest rooms and lobby last night. But the inn started to burn in the backyard last night. Please give me justice, sir."
After hearing this, the official said, "How do you know that someone deliberately set the fire without any evidence? It's dry now, and it's obvious that you were careless with the fire and caused the fire disaster, killing so many people. Come, arrest this person and bring him to the government for a decision!"
The police arrested Manager Li without saying a word.
Manager Li lost the inn he had worked hard to build for half his life. Now the police arrested people without any reason, and he was furious. "It was my inn that was burned down. What did I do wrong? Why did you arrest me? You are not here to save people or find out the cause of the fire. Why are you arresting me? I think you are just trying to cover up the real culprit!"
When the officer heard this, he stepped forward and slapped him in the face. "You are such a troublemaker. You killed so many people and yet you dare to slander me. What are you still standing there for? Take the people away quickly."
Several officers came forward and arrested the man. Shopkeeper Li was so angry that his face almost twisted.
"You are the ones who set the fire. You are the ones who burned down my inn!"
The officer stuffed a rag into his mouth and took him away.
Su Ying ignored the officers and instead took a hook and put on gloves and walked into the ruins. When she rescued Zhou Qing and the others, there were still many people in the inn.
Although the possibility of those people still being alive was low, at least all the bodies were dug out.
She used a hook to pick up all the wood that had been burnt into charcoal and put it aside, then began to look for someone.
The officer looked back and saw Su Ying rummaging in the ruins. He shouted unhappily, "What are you doing? No one should go in. The officer will take care of this. Everyone should do what they are supposed to do."
The people who helped put out the fire at night got up and left when they saw the officials driving them away. The people should not fight with the officials, and no one wanted to cause trouble at this critical juncture.
When most people had left, the officer found Su Ying still digging out the bodies buried under the rubble one by one. He couldn't help but get angry, "Are you deaf? Did you hear me when I told you to leave quickly?"
Su Ying said without even turning her head: "Someone I know is buried down there, I want to find him out."
The officer didn't care why she stayed. He walked up to Su Ying and glared at her fiercely, saying, "We will clean this place up. Get out now."
Su Ying stopped what she was doing. "As soon as you arrived, you attacked the innkeeper. You didn't even think that there might be survivors in the ruins, and you didn't immediately send people in to rescue them. What are you cleaning up for? Are you covering up the truth for the arsonist?"
Regarding updates, this book is now updated with 6,000 words every day, but when updating, the update content of two days will be updated at the same time. That is to say, you can see 6 chapters updated tonight, which means that the update time tonight is the update time of the 9th and 10th, and so on.
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