A guest hung his coat on a fire sprinkler, 10 tons of water flooded the hotel.

(Dan Tri) - A guest hung a coat hanger on the ceiling of a hotel room in China, activating the fire suppression system, causing water to flood two floors and damage many devices.

During the recent "Golden Week" holiday in China (from October 1 to October 8), a rare incident occurred that attracted the attention of the public in this country and created many mixed opinions.

According to Chinese media, the incident took place at a hotel in Shanghai. A guest who rented a room hung a coat hanger on the exact location of the sprinkler head of the automatic fire sprinkler system located on the ceiling.

This caused the sprinkler's glass bulb to break, triggering the fire suppression system, causing tons of water to pour out of the pipes. Although hotel staff promptly shut off the water valve, an estimated 10 tons of water poured down, causing severe flooding on two floors of the hotel.

Many facilities, walls, ceilings and furniture were severely damaged.

A guest hung a coat hanger on the ceiling, activating the fire suppression system in the hotel ( Video source: News).

After inspecting the damage, the hotel operator asked the guest to pay 160,000 yuan (nearly 600 million VND) in compensation for repair and cleaning costs. However, the guest did not accept this compensation. This person said that the hotel had given a "cutthroat" figure. Because the two parties could not reach an agreement, the lawsuit was filed.

The incident is currently attracting great attention on Chinese social networks.

According to fire prevention experts in China, the automatic sprinkler system is designed with extremely high sensitivity to detect and extinguish fires in the early stages of a fire.

The activation mechanism includes thermal activation and impact activation systems.

Specifically, when the ambient temperature exceeds the specified level, the glass bulb in the sprinkler head will break, allowing water to spray out to extinguish the fire. In addition, if the sprinkler head is pulled, crushed, collided or hung with a heavy object, the glass bulb can also break and the system will discharge water.

A customer hung his belongings on a fire sprinkler head, triggering tons of water to flow down (Photo cut from clip).

Therefore, any action on the nozzle has the potential to trigger the system and cause great damage.

In this case, legal experts say, the compensation should be based on the actual damage. However, visitors also have the responsibility to comply with regulations and not misuse safety equipment in the room.

If causing damage, individuals may be held civilly liable, even criminally liable in cases of serious damage.

It is estimated that about 10 tons of water flooded two floors of the hotel (Photo: News).

At the same time, hotels are advised to install more hangers in rooms and post clear warning signs near fire fighting equipment to limit the recurrence of similar situations.

It is known that this is not the first time this type of incident has occurred at hotels.

Previously in July, in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, a hotel also recorded a similar incident caused by a tourist. However, the nature of the incident was not too serious, so the amount of compensation the guest had to pay was 2,000 yuan (about 7.5 million VND).

Similarly, in May 2023, a student in Dalian City (Liaoning Province) also accidentally flooded his hotel room when hanging clothes on a sprinkler head, resulting in a compensation of 10,000 yuan (nearly 37 million VND).

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