The Qinyuan fire was merciless; the Pengfei family showed great compassion.
Release Date:
2019-04-08
The week-long forest fire in Qinyuan County has finally been brought under control thanks to the concerted efforts of all parties. Let us pay tribute to every firefighting hero, and to those brave firefighters who, knowing full well that danger lurks in the mountains, nonetheless march straight into the blaze.
The week-long forest fire in Qinyuan County has finally been brought under control thanks to the concerted efforts of all parties. Let us first pay tribute to every firefighting hero, and to those brave firefighters who, knowing full well that a blaze was raging on the mountain, nonetheless pressed forward into the heart of the flames.
On another front, beyond the blaze, thousands of local officials, residents, and enterprise workers are likewise engaged in a battle. A concerted effort, forged from the top down, is doing everything possible to ensure all necessary support for winning this fight. Drawing on the spirit of selfless dedication that once underpinned their wartime assistance, the people of the Taihang–Taiyue revolutionary base areas are now providing both material resources and moral strength to aid the firefighting efforts, thereby embodying the “Taihang Spirit” of the new era.
The rescue operation vividly demonstrated the spirit that “fires are merciless, but people are compassionate.” At the time, Wang Dong, director of the Safety Command Center at Changxin Coal Mine under Pengfei Group, had a wife who was about to give birth. Yet upon receiving the emergency‑response order, he resolutely set aside his family, putting aside his duties as a father and husband, and instead shouldered the responsibilities and mission of a Pengfei employee and a Communist Party member. He led the Changxin Coal Mine’s firefighting team to the front lines, orchestrating the rescue effort. It was not until 7:00 p.m. on April 5, when the wildfire was finally extinguished, that he returned home to see his wife and newborn child. Through this mission, he embodied with concrete actions the loyal and noble character that defines Pengfei employees, thereby upholding the Group’s cherished tradition of being a “dedicated organization.”
A similarly touching story unfolded at the Shuguang Coal Mine, part of the Pengfei Group. To prevent any resurgence of the fire, the mine recently received orders to continue conducting mountain‑by‑mountain inspections. However, a week-long firefighting and inspection effort had left the miners utterly exhausted. To boost their morale, Cheng Fei’s wife, Shi Guopeng, who works as a gas inspector in the ventilation department, took the initiative to provide free lunches to the workers. Any miner on the mountain‑by‑mountain patrol who stopped by her small canteen would receive a meal at no charge—and sometimes she even delivered the food directly up the mountain. Early on April 6, Shi Guopeng rallied relatives and friends to prepare a “charity meal,” steaming buns and cooking hearty stews, bustling with energy. By noon, all the meals had been delivered to the miners stationed at designated posts. As they savored the piping‑hot dishes, a renewed sense of camaraderie welled up in their hearts, banishing their fatigue and reinvigorating them to press forward with undiminished spirit in the post‑disaster inspection work.
Each disaster is a crucible that forges the nation’s will, and each one tempers its spirit. This firefighting effort has made us more resolute, stronger, more confident, and more self-reliant—uniting the people of Pengfei in greater solidarity and fortifying their determination and courage.
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