Ding Haifeng said hurriedly: "You don't have to wait for tomorrow. As soon as the fire broke out, I sent security guards to seal the gate, and I also sent people to patrol the courtyard wall.
The arsonist should not have a chance to escape, he must still be in the factory, we will launch a blanket search now, and we will definitely find him."
The two police officers discussed it for a while and agreed to Ding Haifeng's request.
Since a blanket search is to be carried out, it is definitely not possible to rely on just two police officers.
It is also unrealistic to increase the police force.
Although this arson case meets the criteria of a major case, there is no urgent need to solve the case immediately.
Even if you apply for police force, your superiors will not approve it.
The two police officers asked Ding Haifeng's security team to participate.
Lin Mai had nothing to do and also helped with the search.
She and a security team searched the three-story office building.
When two people work together and search from room to room downstairs to upstairs, they can force the arsonist upstairs, making it impossible for him to escape. Catching him again will be like catching a turtle in a urn.
The first floor was quickly searched, and nothing unusual was found. The two continued to search upwards, and found nothing on the second floor.
The two went to the third floor to search again, and quickly completed the search in several offices on the third floor.
Lin Mai and the security guard came out of different rooms.
The security guard showed his hand to Lin Mai, saying that he didn't notice it.
Lin Mai also spread her hands, but she found nothing.
The security guard pointed downstairs: "Mr. Lin, then I'll go down and search with Section Chief Ding and the others."
Lin Mai nodded, and the security guard instantly ran away without a trace.
When Lin Mai heard that there was a fire in the clothing factory, he was very panicked when he went out. He was wearing slippers. Now he couldn't even walk fast, let alone run.
When she dragged her slippers to the corner of the stairs, she suddenly stopped.
She remembered that the last time she delivered dinner to Fang Zhuoran, one of Fang Zhuoran's students came to see him.
She was afraid that students would gossip if she and Fang Zhuoran were alone in the same room, so she hid behind the heavy curtains.
When she searched the office just now, she didn't check behind the curtains. Presumably the young security guard didn't think of checking behind the curtains either.
If the arsonist happened to be hiding behind the curtains, wouldn't that have slipped through the net?
Thinking of this, she turned around and went upstairs, intending to check all the curtains in all the offices on the third floor.
There is no need to inspect the first and second floors.
If the arsonist had hidden behind the curtains on the first or second floor, he would have escaped from the office building long ago, and she would have had no choice but to try her luck on the third floor.
When Lin Mai opened the first office on the third floor, he found that the curtains were wide open.
The same goes for the second room.
The curtains were opened, which is normal during working hours.
Although it is autumn now, the weather is still very hot in early autumn.
During working hours, everyone would open the curtains for ventilation, but Lin Mai had not noticed whether the curtains were lowered during off-duty hours.
But judging from the situation in these two offices, no one should have lowered the curtains after get off work.
So as long as you see a curtain that has been drawn down, there is a good chance that there is an arsonist hiding behind it.
When Lin Mai finally came to his office and opened the door, he was stunned.
The dark red gold velvet curtains in her office were drawn down, completely covering the entire wall.
Lin Mai became wary and retreated outside.
Regardless of whether there was an arsonist behind the curtain, she couldn't go and check it alone.
If the arsonist has a murderous weapon in his hand, it would be dangerous for him to rush forward rashly.
Just as she was about to turn around and call someone downstairs, she suddenly heard movement behind her.
Before she could turn around, she was hit hard on the back of her head.
She fainted and fell softly to the ground without even calling out for help.
When she woke up, she was choked by billowing smoke.
The acrid smoke made her unable to open her eyes.
But Lin Mai still stubbornly opened his eyes and tried to look at where he was.
By the firelight in the house, it seems that I am in my office.
Lin Mai judged the direction of the door and tried to crawl in that direction.
In the event of a fire, crawling to escape is the most correct way to avoid inhaling heavy smoke.
Many times, people who die in fires are not burned to death, but die from inhaling too much smoke and lack of oxygen.
Even when Lin Mai crawled, she still had difficulty breathing, as if a big invisible hand was tightly strangling her neck.
When she finally climbed to the door to open it, she found that the door was locked from the outside and she couldn't open it.
She knew in her heart that the arsonist wanted to burn her to death.
But she did not panic. From the noise coming from downstairs, she knew that many people wanted to rescue her.
As for the fact that they haven't come up to rescue her yet, it's probably because the fire is too strong and they can't get out, and they're trying to think of a way to rescue her.
Then you can't sit still and wait for death, find a suitable position and wait for rescue.
I definitely can't stay in the office anymore. The fire is raging into the sky. If I stay any longer, I will either die of lack of oxygen or be burned to death.
Lin Mai held on to the wall, stood up, and took a few steps back. The burning flames almost licked her clothes.
She took a step forward and kicked the wooden door of the office hard.
The wooden door was kicked open by her.
The downstairs area was filled with anxious employees and cadres from the garment factory, as well as the two police officers.
Everyone cheered when they saw Lin Mai staggering out of the office.
Many employees were so excited that they cried on the spot: "Great, Mr. Lin is not dead yet!"
Ding Haifeng used a loudspeaker to shout to Lin Mai that the fire on the second floor was too strong and they couldn't get up even after several attempts. He asked her if they could try to rush down the stairs.
Just because fire burns upward and cannot be rushed up from below does not mean that it cannot be rushed down from above.
Lin Mai was speechless due to lack of oxygen. After hearing the instructions, she turned around and ran towards the stairs.
But when she reached the stairs, she was stunned.
When the factory was first purchased, there was an iron gate at the stairwell on the third floor of the office building, but it was abandoned because it was too heavy.
But now, this heavy iron door was locked with a large iron chain lock.
Lin Mai felt a little desperate.
Every steel bar on the iron door was so thick that she couldn't break it open.
As long as she could break it open, she would have done it with all her might, even if she could crawl through it like a dog.
Compared with life, embarrassment is nothing in her eyes.
The iron chain is even thicker, and even if Huang Feihong is reincarnated, he will not be able to pull it.
Lin Mai wanted to return to the corridor and tell the people downstairs that she was locked on the third floor, and asked Ding Haifeng to send someone with the key to open the door.
Suddenly she remembered that she was not saved because the fire on the second floor was too fierce and no one could rush up.
Now it is too unrealistic to ask the people downstairs to give her the keys.
Lin Mai had to think of another way.
At this time, the sound of rapid footsteps was faintly heard from downstairs.
Is this? Someone is coming!
Lin Mai suddenly became energetic, grabbed the two steel bars of the iron gate, and shook the iron gate crazily.
Shaking the iron door loudly and making a sound of metal colliding, she shouted: "The iron door is locked, do you have the key?"
If you don’t have a key, it’s good to have tools like a hammer.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Zhuoran ran over from the firelight wearing a soaked quilt.
When Lin Mai saw him coming, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes.
As soon as Fang Zhuoran arrived in front of her, he stuffed a wet towel and wet quilt into her through the cracks in the iron gate and fence.
He ordered in a tone that could not be criticized: "Take it over quickly!"
Lin Mai looked at the fire approaching him and the beeping sound of things being burned. He only took the wet towel and used it to cover his mouth and nose: "You should use the wet quilt yourself, the fire is quick."
It’s burning you.”
"Take the quilt over!" The veins on Fang Zhuoran's forehead popped out, "Lin Mai, are you challenging my limits?"
This kid is usually very decisive, why is he so indecisive today?
Seeing that he insisted on giving the wet quilt to her, Lin Mai didn't dare to hesitate anymore and hurriedly took it and wrapped it around herself.
If they push and pull again, the two of them might end up in the fire together.
Just when Lin Mai was wrapping the wet quilt around her body, Fang Zhuoran had already taken off a small iron hairpin from her head, straightened it, and stuck it into the keyhole.
Lin Mai was very cooperative, hunching his shoulders and wrapping himself in a quilt like a noodle, ready to squeeze out at any time.
Fang Zhuoran poked the big iron lock open a few times.
As soon as he opened a small crack in the iron door, Lin Mai couldn't wait to get out.
Suddenly, her palms felt warm, and her hand was held by Fang Zhuoran's big hand, and then he held her in his arms.
"Let's go." Fang Zhuoran ordered in a low voice, but his tone was firm. He protected her with his flesh and blood body and broke through the smoke, rushed into the firelight, and rushed downstairs.