2022, a particularly serious collapse accident occurred in Panshuwan Group, Jinping Community, Jinshanqiao Street, Wangcheng District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, resulting in 54 deaths and 9 injuries, with a direct economic loss of 90.7786 million yuan.

Recently, the executive meeting of the State Council deliberated and approved the investigation report on the collapse accident of the "4.29" particularly serious residential self-built houses in Changsha, Hunan Province. According to the investigation by the accident investigation team of the State Council, the collapse accident of the "4.29" particularly serious residential self-built house in Changsha, Hunan Province, was caused by the owner's illegal construction, story-adding expansion and rental operation, and the local Party committee government and its relevant departments were not responsible for organizing the renovation of illegal buildings and the investigation and management of potential risks, and some even shirked their responsibilities. Major potential safety hazards have not been rectified for a long time, resulting in particularly serious accidents of production safety responsibility. The direct cause of the
accident was the poor quality, unreasonable structure, poor stability and low bearing capacity of the original five-storey (local six-storey) building constructed in violation of laws and regulations. After the illegal addition and expansion to the eighth storey (local nine-storey), the load increased significantly, resulting in the columns and walls on the east side of the second storey exceeding the ultimate bearing capacity, resulting in compression damage and continuous development. Eventually, the whole house collapsed. Before the accident, in the case of obvious signs of collapse, the owner refused to listen to advice and did not take emergency evacuation measures, which was an important cause of casualties. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) attached great importance to the collapse of a particularly serious residential self-built house on April 29
in Changsha, and immediately deployed on-site rescue, treatment of the wounded, and investigation and disposal of the accident. The investigation found that there were some problems in Hunan Province, Changsha City, Wangcheng District and relevant departments, such as slow and simple deployment of centralized management, mutual prevarication and avoidance of contradictions in daily supervision, careless investigation and rectification, inadequate investigation and punishment of violations of laws and regulations, confusion in the management of housing inspection institutions, and out-of-control of the source of self-built housing planning and construction. There are relevant violations of laws and regulations by the owners and enterprises involved. In accordance with the administrative authority of cadres, the discipline inspection and supervision organs of
Hunan Province have seriously pursued the accountability of 62 public officials suspected of violating discipline and law in the accident in accordance with the rules and regulations.
Among them,
Hu Henghua served as Deputy Secretary, Acting Mayor and Mayor of Changsha Municipal Party Committee from December 2013 to November 2016 and Secretary of Changsha Municipal Party Committee from July 2017 to October 2020. The Party Central Committee has failed to organize and lead the work of illegal building renovation, housing safety and risk investigation and management, and is responsible for the occurrence of accidents. From December 2016 to December 2021, Comrade
Chen Wenhao served as deputy secretary of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee, mayor and deputy governor of the Hunan Provincial Government in charge of housing construction in urban and rural areas. Take leadership responsibility for the accident. Since assuming the post of Secretary of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee in February 2021, Comrade
Wu Guiying has paid insufficient attention to the investigation of housing safety and potential risks, failed to fulfill the responsibility of the first person responsible for safety production in Changsha, and assumed leadership responsibility for the accident. During his tenure as Deputy Secretary, Acting Mayor and Mayor of Changsha Municipal Party Committee from February 2018 to January 2020, Comrade
Hu Zhongxiong neglected the responsibilities of the relevant functional departments in Changsha, shirked their responsibilities, and failed to supervise and investigate the illegal and illegal reconstruction of the houses involved, and was responsible for the accident. Fourteen people, including Wu Zhiyong, the
owner of the house, Yang Shuangfu, the legal representative of Hunan Xiangda Engineering Testing Co., Ltd., and Long Liqin, a resident of Panshuwan Group, Jinping Community, Jinshanqiao Street, were suspected of major liability accidents, providing false certification documents and provoking trouble, and were investigated by the public security organs and prosecuted by the procuratorial organs. What are the potential safety hazards

of self-built houses?
1. Construction safety: In the construction process of self-built houses, there are often no professional engineers to monitor and manage, and the tools and materials used may have problems, which may lead to safety accidents;
2. Structural safety: the structural design of self-built houses is often not subject to professional verification, and if the design is unreasonable, there may be potential safety hazards such as collapse and collapse;
3. Electrical safety: the electrical design and installation of self-built houses often do not meet professional standards, and there may be potential safety hazards such as electrical fire and electric shock;

4. Fire safety: the fire protection facilities of the self-built house may not be perfect, and once a fire occurs, it may lead to heavy losses;
5. Building quality: the building quality of the self-built house may also have problems, such as wall cracking, unstable foundation, etc., which may lead to the house tilting or collapse;
6. Environmental sanitation: There may be problems in the environmental sanitation of self-built houses, such as pipe blockage, garbage detention, etc., which may lead to the spread of diseases and environmental pollution.
What kind of self-built houses meet the standards? Self-built houses that meet building standards have the following characteristics:
1. Structural safety: The structural design of self-built houses conforms to building codes, and building materials such as reinforced concrete, brick and wood structures are reasonably used and connected.
2. Construction quality: The construction quality of self-built houses is good, without potential safety hazards such as wall cracking and irregular deformation, and the walls, roofs and foundations of buildings should meet professional standards.
3. Environmental protection and health: The environmental protection and health of the house is an important consideration, including ventilation, exhaust, noise, heat and cold, and other factors, which also need to be assessed by professionals.

4. Fire safety: The fire protection facilities of self-built houses comply with the building codes, including the installation of fire extinguishers, fire hydrants, sprinkler safety systems and other fire protection facilities.
5. Electrical safety: The electrical design and installation of self-built houses shall conform to the electrical specifications, including the installation of electrical equipment such as wires, circuits, sockets and switches, which shall conform to the safety standards.
6. Management norms: The follow-up management of self-built houses also needs the guidance and supervision of professional management departments to ensure the safety of buildings and the comfort of living.
In short, in order to meet the building code, the construction and maintenance of professional, safe and environmentally friendly self-built houses can meet the standards.
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