[사회]”Only cold water in a cold wave…” At least 38,000 households are out of service due to a substation fire

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A fire broke out at the Sinopyeong Substation in Incheon this morning amid a bitter cold wave.

The fire extinguished in an hour, but in the aftermath of the fire, electricity and tap water were cut off for more than 38,000 households for about two hours, causing the residents to suffer from cold.

I will connect to reporters who are on the scene. Reporter Kim Ji-hwan!

The lights must have gone out, but let me know what’s going on right now.

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Yes, restoration work inside the building is in full swing.

At the time of the fire, a lot of water was sprinkled, so the floor of the building turned into ice in the cold, and icicles and thin ice were all over the place.

Workers are mobilizing a pusher and a water pump to remove water and icicles.

We are also moving all the cars built near the building because we are concerned about a possible safety accident.

The fire came out on the first basement floor of the Singpyeong substation here at around 5:50 am today.

If you look at the video of the viewer’s report on YTN

In the pitch-black darkness, hazy smoke continued to bloom.

When I looked at the street from outside the veranda, the street trees were also turned off, so it was only dark.

No matter how many times the switch is pressed, there is no sign of electricity and sink water coming out.

In the other video, only car lights were visible on the street, but nothing was visible.

The light went out in 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Fortunately, there was no human injury, but as all four transformers were cut off, electricity and tap water were cut off for over 38,000 households in Samsan-dong, Gyesan-dong, Gyeyang-gu, and Jakjeon-dong in Bupyeong-gu.

Because of this, even in the harsh cold of the Arctic, residents could not use hot water as well as heaters.

In particular, the inconvenience of the citizens who prepared to go to work was great.

Let’s hear what the situation was like.

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It was difficult to prepare to go to work due to the blackout in the winter and there were reports that there was nothing outside.

KEPCO explained that most of the households were restored in two hours using automated equipment that draws electricity from other substations.

He added that I sent employees to some apartments where my power transmission facility was broken to provide electricity.

It has been said that it is intensively investigating the exact reason for the current fire with the fire department, especially because of the cold wave.

So far, YTN Kim Ji-hwan in front of KEPCO’s Sinopyeong substation[[email protected]]is.

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