Chen Daishan (1948-1972) was born inChangchun, Jilin Province. After he graduated from Changchun No. 11 Middle School in 1968, hewas assigned to the chassis branch of the Changchun No. 1 AutomobileManufacturing Plant as an assembler.On 25 December 1971, Chen Daishan wasusing his dinner break to work overtime. Suddenly, a bright flame flashed fromthe spray booth of the final assembly line. Aware of the fire, he immediatelypicked up two fire extinguishers and ran towards the fire, shouting as he ran,"Comrades, go and fight the fire!" Chen rushed in front of the firefightingcrowd. Suddenly, he discovered that the flame was spreading to dozens of paintbuckets beside the spray booth. He yelled, "Quickly grab the paintbuckets", and then dashed into the sea of ​​flames. Smoke was coming fromthe edges of his clothes and his trousers were burning. He still moved out, onebucket, two buckets, three buckets... When he was carrying the seventh bucket,it exploded in his arms, hot paint spraying all over him, and he caught fire.The workers pushed him to the ground and extinguished the fire for him. Hestruggled to stand up: "I... want to... fight the fire... go, fight thefire... it's important..." After that, he passed out in the arms of theworkers. Chen Daishan was seriously injured, with a burned area of ​​more than85%. Although he was rescued by the hospital, he died of septic bacterialinfection on 9 February 1972, at the age of 24.