The Paper Journalist Zhong Yuhao
In response to the “air defense alarm sounded in the early morning of Linli, Hunan” incident, the Linli County Housing and Urban-rural Development Bureau introduced in the latest instructions that the cause of the false alarm of the air defense alarm was determined to be due to the alarm failure caused by the short circuit of the related equipment. The next step will be to alarm the place Replace all the devices.
Linli County Housing and Urban-rural Development Bureau apologized for the inconvenience caused to the masses by this misreport.
According to the WeChat public account "Wei Linli" news, at about 1:35 am on October 7th, the Linli County Housing and Construction Bureau (Civil Defense Office) received reports from the masses that the air defense siren on the roof of a unit in the county city continued to sound intermittently. The staff of the Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (Civil Defense Office) immediately went to the site for disposal, and took emergency measures such as cutting off the power supply after arriving at the scene. The disposal was completed at about 1:50.
Subsequently, the streets and communities were arranged to explain to the surrounding residents to avoid excessive panic among the masses.
According to the Linli County Housing and Construction Bureau, after the incident, the County Housing and Construction Bureau (Civil Defense Office) immediately notified the equipment manufacturer to send technicians to the scene to find out the cause. The technicians arrived at the scene on the afternoon of October 7 and carried out inspections and confirmed the air defense alarm. The reason for the false alarm of the alarm is due to the alarm failure caused by the short circuit of the related equipment.
In the next step, we will replace all the alarms in this area, and immediately start the inspection and maintenance of other alarm facilities in the county and urban areas to prevent such things from happening again.
Linli County Housing and Urban-rural Development Bureau stated that we apologize for the inconvenience caused to the masses by this false report!
Jimu News reported earlier that a video posted by netizens showed that at about 1:30 am on October 7, night fell in Linli County, and residents in multiple buildings had their lights turned off.
Suddenly, the air defense alarm rang.
Jimu News reporters saw in the comment section of the related video that some netizens said, "I haven't slept, so black." Other netizens said, "I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep! It's been a long time!" The air defense alarm went off. Later, a local netizen in Linli said that after hearing the sound, he ran out with the child in his arms.
Ms. Fang, a local resident of Linli County, told JiMu News that the air defense alarm began to sound at about 1:30 in the morning, and it sounded intermittently for almost 20 minutes.
Ms. Fang said that after the air defense alarm went off, she did not know what was going on when she searched the Internet. Seeing all the discussions in the group, her family was very scared at the time.
A staff member of the Linli County Government stated that the air defense alarm sounded due to aging equipment.
In this regard, the staff member said that the local housing construction department is solving the problem of aging equipment.
The staff member told Jimu News that after the air defense alarm sounded, many residents asked the Linli County Magistrate’s hotline, and the relevant units explained to the residents.