China News Service, Jinzhong, July 4th (Lu Qiguo) "Every time we usually preach, we must especially tell everyone to use the hair dryer to unplug the power supply instead of just turning off the power. Unfortunately, some people have triggered it because they did not unplug the power supply. Fire." On the morning of July 4, the fire rescue team of Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province publicly issued a warning case: a resident of Zuoquan County's Xiwanwan Community encountered a power failure during the use of the hair dryer. After putting the hair dryer away from home, the fire was caused by the restoration of power supply.
The report said that at 12:00 on July 3, a fire broke out in a home of a tenant on the fourth floor of Unit 2, Building 5, Xiwanwan Community, Zuoquan County. After the 14 firefighters of the Zuoquan County Fire and Rescue Brigade arrived at the rescue site, a group of evacuated bystanders, a group of reconnaissance indoor conditions, and a group of connecting hoses were laid up the stairs to prepare for fire fighting.
An open fire caused some items in the residents' toilets to be destroyed. Photo by Li Jiayi
At this time, the occupants in the fire had been notified that they had returned, but the smoke in the house was too choking and they were blocked from the door. The hostess said that it was because she dared not enter the house that she called the police for help.
When firefighters entered the fire room, a large amount of smoke remained in the room, the smell was pungent, and no open flame was seen in the sight. After that, the firemen immediately opened the windows to ventilate and exhaust smoke, and found a fire site in the bathroom, and found that the open flame had been extinguished and there was no possibility of re-ignition.
According to the on-site investigation, the hostess admitted that when she used a hair dryer to blow her hair in the morning, there was a sudden power outage. She placed the hair dryer on the sink and went out. Unexpectedly, she resumed power supply after leaving home, and no one was in her house. The hair dryer was working for a long time, causing a short circuit of the heating wire, which eventually caused the hair dryer to catch fire and ignite the PVC water pipe and power socket.
Fortunately, after the PVC water pipe was cracked, the leaked water source prevented the open flame from spreading further, without causing more serious consequences.
The Jinzhong City Fire and Rescue Detachment stated in the report that the Jinzhong City Fire Safety Propaganda Team requires all members to go out to give a warning case of "a hair dryer kills four articles in the Gulou District of Nanjing", and warns the audience that they must develop "run out" The good habit of "the hair dryer must be unplugged" cannot just turn off the power switch without unplugging the power supply. The reason to warn everyone in this way is to prevent a sudden power failure during the use of the hair dryer, the owner can easily release it, and restore the power supply to cause a fire.
"Fire prevention, prevention is in case, not 10,000, good fire safety habits must be developed at ordinary times." Jinzhong City Fire Rescue Detachment reminded the general public that from this case, the power of the hair dryer is great , It can ignite thick PVC pipe. Therefore, the use of a blower must be accompanied by a plug-in power supply, and the power supply must be pulled out after use. After the heating wire is cooled, it can be stored. (Finish)