China seafood vendor praised for putting out car blaze, losing pricey marine products in effort
Courageous act garners outpouring of admiration, with some affectionately referring to him as ‘Fish Dealer Brother’
A seafood vendor in eastern China has garnered widespread praise on mainland social media for draining the water from tanks of live marine products he was transporting to extinguish a car fire.
As a result of his actions, he suffered a total loss of the seafood he intended to sell.
The incident occurred on an unspecified day in November when an electric car was severely damaged in an accident and was being transported by a trailer on a highway in Jinhua, Zhejiang province.
Tong Linsong, a 55-year-old seafood dealer from the city, noticed the car ablaze while driving his truck, which was loaded with 100kg of fish and shrimp destined for the market, according to the Jinhua Evening News.
He quickly stopped his truck and used a bucket to remove water from the tanks containing the marine products to douse the flames.
Tong and the trailer’s driver, Zhu Honghui, fetched water about 30 times, totalling about a tonne, to combat the fire. Minutes later, firefighters arrived and successfully extinguished the blaze.
