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Electrical Fault Burns Down Sihanoukville Building
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:28 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
Sihanoukville: At about 21:15 pm on November 1, 2019, a fire broke out in a building situated at Village 2, Sangkat 4, Preah Sihanouk Province.
HE Kouch Chamroeun, Governor of Preah Sihanouk province, went directly to the scene to command the firefighters. According to the report of the provincial police, the fire force took nearly two hours to extinguish the blaze, using two fire trucks and 14 tanks of water. Provincial police chief Lieutenant General Chuon Narin said that the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
The site of the fire was rented to the Chinese by the Khmer owner, Bou Sok Sok, and the case did not cause any injuries or spread to other places, the report added.
Re: Electrical Fault Burns Down Sihanoukville Building
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:45 pm
by DaveG
Place completely destroyed rather than invest in a 20 dollar MCB, madness.
Re: Electrical Fault Burns Down Sihanoukville Building
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:03 pm
by chiltern
DaveG wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:45 pm
Place completely destroyed rather than invest in a 20 dollar MCB, madness.
How do you know that the property wasn't protected by a circuit breaker?
Re: Electrical Fault Burns Down Sihanoukville Building
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 7:43 pm
by cptrelentless
DaveG wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:45 pm
Place completely destroyed rather than invest in a 20 dollar MCB, madness.
There's a 30A circuit breaker on the pole. It'll be the wiring or a socket that caught fire.
Re: Electrical Fault Burns Down Sihanoukville Building
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:17 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
Re: Electrical Fault Burns Down Sihanoukville Building
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:24 pm
by AllAboard
No one was hurt?