Chapter 191 Fire Case
Chang'an Avenue, Jinhaiwan Street, Hengxiang Haoyuan Community.
When Luo Xun arrived at the scene, ambulances were driving out one after another.
He got out of the car and saw that the scene was full of noise. Residents of the community were gathered outside the cordon, cursing and yelling, complaining bitterly.
Most people were asleep when the fire started, and some even ran down with only blankets wrapped around them.
At the same time, there were people looking for cats, dogs, shoes and clothes, some crying, some cursing, and some just watching the fun after surviving the disaster. There was everything.
The big fire has just been put out, but there are still a few small fires. The firefighters are still busy and the police are comforting the people.
Luo Xun searched along the way and saw the second captain Lu Tao who had just come out of the fire scene, still covered in dust: "Such a big fire, how many casualties are there? Does Lao Chang know?"
"Just reported, if there are casualties..."
Lu Tao had just come out of the fire scene, his throat was full of smoke, he coughed a few times: "Three died, more than 20 , just sent to the hospital, luckily the fire department is close here, I hope they can all be saved."
Lu Tao took the bottle of mineral water his colleague brought over and rinsed his throat: "How come you're so fast? Your place is not close to here."
"From my parents."
Luo Xun patted the dust off his body: "Lao Ning hasn't arrived yet? Where is the body of the deceased? It's not a fire, why did you call me? Don't you have enough manpower?"
Lu Tao led him over: "Not yet. It's not that I have to find you in the middle of the night. It's just that this matter is a bit strange."
Luo Xun was wearing gloves and looked at him sideways: "What do you mean?"
"Three people died. They all moved out from the same floor. They were neighbors. I'll just put this coincidence aside for now."
Lu Tao squatted down and said: "The source and cause of the fire are still under investigation, but look at these three bodies."
The body had been burnt black, but was still warm, and must have been brought out of the fire not long ago.
Lv Tao held up a flashlight and raised the arm of one of the corpses with difficulty, pointing to his waist: "Look here."
Luo Xun carefully examined it for a while before looking at him: "Knife wound?"
"Look at the other two."
Lu Tao assisted Luo Xun: "The other two, one had a knife wound in the heart, and the other in the abdomen."
Luo Xun asked Lu Tao to call two more people to help turn the body over.
After checking, his face gradually darkened: "Old Lu, there are more than one wound."
"That's it, it's a murder case."
"Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?" Luo Xun asked.
Lu Tao sat down next to him and drank another bottle of mineral water. "Such a big fire has just been put out. Besides, this is a residential area . People need to be evacuated and the injured need to be sent to the hospital. He is the eldest brother. He only has one brother. There are many things he hasn't had time to arrange."
"Our task force has taken over this case."
Luo Xun stood up and glanced at the restless crowd and the firefighters coming in and out: "I've contacted Lao Lin and the others."
Lu Tao almost spit out the water he had just drunk and snatched his phone away: "Old Luo, I asked you to come here to give me some advice. How dare you steal my case? I tell you, this case belongs to our second team. Don't be so shameless."
"It will have to be sent to the task force sooner or later."
Luo Xun persuaded in a tone: "Old Lu, think about it yourself. Three people died at once, and so many were injured. Are you sure your second team can handle it?"
Lu Tao was so angry that he said, "I don't care. We receive reports on a first-come, first-served basis."
Luo Xun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, stop pretending. If you didn't know that we would take over sooner or later, you wouldn't have called me at this time. Give me your phone. I can't work overtime alone."
Lu Tao cursed him, glared at him, and threw the phone back: "I surrender to you."
After Luo Xun informed everyone, he suddenly remembered something: "Shouldn't you be on a business trip? Why are you back?"
Lu Tao lit a cigarette: "I can see you don't care about me. I'm going on a business trip and I haven't left yet."
Luo Xun finished the call: "What kind of work?"
"Missing case." Lu Tao said, "Do you still remember Du Xiaoyu from last time?"
"Du Xiaoyu?" Luo Xun's eyes lit up: "Did you find it?"
"Yeah." Lu Tao smiled bitterly: "Dead."
Luo Xun was startled: "Where did you find it? How did he die?"
"Anyang, someone found the body and called the police. The police confirmed the identity before notifying me. They suspected it was a homicide, so I had to go over and assist in the investigation."
"So far..." Luo Xun frowned: "Didn't you check her records of leaving the province during your investigation?"
"That's why it's so strange. We checked her travel records right away, but we didn't find that she had ever left Dongzhou, and there was no relevant payment record, so we have no clue."
Thinking of Du Xiaoyu's parents, Luo Xun asked: "Have you notified her parents?"
Lu Tao sighed, turned his head and pointed at the scratches on his neck: "Can you not inform me? Look, this is the thank-you gift I got."
Luo Xun was speechless for a moment, and could only pat him on the back: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Hey."
Lu Tao smiled helplessly: "Who made me wear this outfit? I don't think I'll have a good time when I go to Anyang this time, but what can I do? I can't fight with him because he lost his daughter."
As he finished speaking, he raised his arm and waved: "Come on, the medical examiner is here."
Ning Yi came in from the cordon, still looking tired: "There's a fire in the residential area, it's a bit troublesome, how many casualties are there?"
"Three died and more than twenty were injured," said Luo Xun.
Ning Yi had already skillfully opened the toolbox and prepared: "The fire started at this time, it was unexpected. We were all asleep."
He put on gloves and a mask: "Man-made?"
"It's still unclear whether the fire was caused by someone else, but these people are suspected of homicide."
Luo Xun said: "Old Lu found knife wounds on the body."
Ning Yi blinked to clear his mind: "Alright, leave this to me, Xiao Zhao will come to assist, you guys just do what you need to do."
Luo Xun responded and looked at Lu Tao: "Let's check the clues again. You can go back too. Lao Lin and the others will be here soon."
Lu Tao rolled his eyes at him and said, "Okay, okay, okay, are you afraid that I will take over your case?"
Luo Xun smiled, and at a glance he saw Chi Xia and Juanmao coming in after lifting the cordon.
He waved his hand, and Chi Xia and Juanmao walked towards them quickly.
"Was he murdered?" Chi Xia asked as soon as he arrived, and then greeted Lu Tao.
Luo Xun nodded: "Preliminary suspicion is that he was murdered."
Chi Xia asked Lv Tao: "Captain Lv, when did you receive the report?"
"Three thirty." said Lu Tao.
Luo Xun thought of something: "Logically speaking, the fire department is not far from this community. If there is a fire, they will come here quickly. The fire should not be so big."
“That’s also what’s weird about me.”
Lyu Tao said: "The person in charge of the fire department also said that the fire spread too quickly, so they suspected that there was more than one fire point, and it might have started at the same time, which is why the coverage is so wide."
In this case, it is more likely that the fire was man-made.
As Lu Tao left, the sky gradually brightened, Lin Wenjue and Cao Bin also arrived, and Luo Xun immediately began to assign tasks.
"Lao Cao, Curly, you two are responsible for confirming the identities of the deceased and understanding the relevant circumstances of the fire. In addition, you must also understand the conditions of the injured sent to the hospital."
"Lao Lin, go to the fire department to get some clues. Chi Xia and I will go to the scene to take a look."
After arranging these, several people started to act separately.
