Recently, a stall selling household goods in Moi market (Cam Thuan ward, Cam Ranh city, Khanh Hoa) was destroyed by fire due to an electrical short. Although the fire was soon extinguished by local forces, preventing the fire from spreading to neighboring stalls, the fear of fire was still standing for small traders doing business at the market.
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| Many small traders in Moi market display their goods, occupying the aisles. |
Present at Moi market at midday, we noticed that, although there was a fire not long ago, the household goods stall of Mrs. Tran Thi Thu Huong's family was soon repaired and overcome. However, nearby, there are still scorched purlins and reinforced corrugated iron sheets around… A salesperson at Ms. Huong's stall said that in order to prevent short-circuits leading to fires, the electrical system at the market had been damaged. was cut off from 20 pm daily to 4 am the next morning, but the fire still occurred. The reason was that a meter (of the poultry slaughterhouse) mounted on the wooden wall of Mrs. Huong's stall had an electrical short and led to a fire. When the fire broke out, the market guard and the people used the fire hose to extinguish the fire.
According to Mr. Hoang Xuan Vu - Head of New Market Management Board, a week after the fire at the above-mentioned household goods stall, the line of a business household at the market was also short-circuited. The incident happened at midday, was discovered by the Market Management Board in time and quickly cut off the power to the grid, so the fire did not happen.
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| The electrical wires are entangled, too old, in many sections, the copper core has been exposed at the Moi market. |
At the rooftop area of the Market Management Board's house, we saw that the entangled power lines on the wall were too old, most of the conductor shells were peeling, exposing the copper core. According to Mr. Vu, every time there is a thunderstorm, the electric poles in the market often short-circuit, which is very dangerous and can lead to a fire risk. Cho Moi was built in 1989, over the past few decades, the infrastructure has been seriously degraded. Along with that, some small traders have taken advantage of the emergency exits in the market to display their goods, although the Market Management Board reminded many times, but few people complied.
It is known that Moi market is a type 2 market, run by the City People's Committee. Managed by Cam Ranh. Mr. Le Minh Hai - Head of Economic Department of Ho Chi Minh City. Cam Ranh information, according to Decree No. 02 dated January 14, 1 of the Government on market development and management, the City People's Committee has assigned Phuoc My Dien Company to manage, exploit and trade. Since the situation of New Market has deteriorated and the risk of fire is very high, the Economic Department has requested Phuoc My Dien Company to ensure the safety of fire prevention and fighting in the immediate future. In the long term, the Department of Economics will work with relevant units to conduct field surveys and propose the City People's Committee to invest in building a new market.
THANH LONG
