meter after the explosions and fire into a carbon residue.

yesterday morning, 5:50, Xi’an Fourth Construction Company family member courtyard, three residential buildings, meter boxes sudden collective fire and continuous explosion awakened the sleeping household, number of households in a hurry to open the door ready to escape, but the corridor of smoke choke pull back.

Yesterday morning, reporters on the scene saw the fire district in the first, second, Building III, parallel to the building, each unit scene within was engulfed in flames after almost an appearance of the walls of the corridor is Xunde Quhei, the meter box was charred, the inside meter is mostly into cinders, building all the power, and filled with a pungent burning. “At that time I was asleep, and suddenly heard a continuous bang bang sound, the first reaction is to quickly pull down the gates of the home.” Mr. Goto said to live in a building, then he opened the door to see the second floor with three floor between the meter box on fire, and flames to jump out, and also issued during the intense flash. Of them are living in the upstairs hear the movement, he and his wife get up from bed ready to run downstairs, opened the door black smoke rushed in to choke me, he could not breathe, can only be returned to go to closed door. Until the fire brigade rushed to the fire control, he began to realize that the meter box of the three building collective burst into flames.

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this so that the meter of many households burned, and even household appliances are also able to escape unharmed, to live in Building III Master Wang said: “socket at home when the fire risk Mars lamp continuous flash after a few off.” afterwards, Xi’an Power Supply Bureau, urban power supply branch of the repair personnel, Liu said the master, the meter box caught fire due to power supply equipment failure caused by the zero line of the distribution transformer burned, the voltage due to the sudden increase in staff are more than 60 households to replace the meter, is expected at night to restore power. Households appliances damaged, they guarantee to a statement of the household. Text / Chart reporter Gong Weifang

(Source: Xi’an Evening News)