1986年12月16日,安徽省滁州市百货公司第一百货商店发生重大火灾,烧毁营业楼2100平方米,楼内商品基本化为灰烬,损失达113万元。这是建国以来百货零售商店罕见的一次大火。为了吸取这次事故的教训,商业部为此向全国各百货、文化用品、钟表眼镜、鞋帽公司及各采购供应站发出通报。通报指出,滁州第一百货商店发生大火的直接原因是电线走火,但是该商店在消防安全工作上暴露出来的问题是多方面的,主要是:一、领导思想麻痹,不重视消防安全工作 December 16, 1986, Chuzhou City Department Store, Department Store, a major fire broke out, 2100 square meters of business buildings were destroyed, the basic building products ashes, the loss of 1.13 million yuan. This is a rare fire in department store retailers since the founding of New China. In order to learn the lesson of this accident, the Ministry of Commerce issued a circular to all department stores, stationery, clocks and glasses, shoes and hats, and procurement and supply stations in the country. The circular pointed out that Chuzhou first department store fire was the direct cause of the wire fire, but the store in the fire safety work exposed many problems, mainly: First, the leadership of thought paralysis, do not attach importance to fire safety work