From Yunhai Villa in Xishan District to Qingfang City in Guicheng District, it was almost a cross through the entire Liangxi City District, a distance of more than twenty kilometers. By the time Nie Zhenbang and others arrived, it was already almost twenty minutes later.
In the thick of night, the six-storey office building of the first spinning factory in Qingfang City was shrouded in dense smoke and a sea of flames. Surrounding the site were a multitude of red fire trucks. Many firefighting and armed police soldiers were busily working, evacuating crowds, connecting water sources, and spraying water at the office building from all directions.
The area was cordoned off. With sirens flickering, many police officers were on duty nearby, managing the crowd of onlookers and passing vehicles.