Chapter 143 Fire Extinguishing on the Rooftop
Following the previous explosion, several smaller explosions were heard in succession within a few seconds.
Hearing the smaller explosions later, Han Ying suddenly woke up.
The smaller sounds are normal. It should be that someone's air conditioner on the floor below has broken down.
What about the explosion that had first woken her?
She was still in a daze just now, but she clearly heard that the sound was quite loud, and it seemed to come from upstairs.
The distribution box on the roof exploded!
They had the remaining insulation film in their house, and in addition to sticking it on the air conditioner outdoor unit, they also stuck a part of it on the distribution box on the roof.
But the temperature has been rising day by day.
Even if the heat-insulating film is applied, the distribution box is not sealed.
Coupled with direct sunlight and excessive electricity usage, it was only a matter of time before the fire broke out.
Han Ying stood up and quickly put on a one-piece constant temperature suit, and then put on a thin T-shirt and trousers on the outside.
Then he put on a heat-insulating hat and sunglasses, took out a dry powder fire extinguisher from the space, quickly opened the door and walked out.
As soon as Han Ying walked out of the house, she saw Lu Yuan, also dressed neatly and walking out with a fire extinguisher.
Lei Minghu's family next door also opened the door.
"Is it upstairs?"
Lei Minghu was the first to ask.
"It's probably true. Brother Lei, we have a fire extinguisher. Please pay attention downstairs. It seems someone's air conditioner exploded."
Han Ying and Lu Yuan both wore constant temperature suits and heat-insulating hats. If they went to the rooftop at this temperature without constant temperature suits, they would definitely be dehydrated in less than two minutes.
Opening the doors one by one, Han Ying and Lu Yuan came to the rooftop.
Han Ying took out two pairs of fire-fighting heat-insulated boots, one large and one small, from the space.
Lu Yuan didn't ask any more questions and put them on directly.
When we walked to the rooftop, the fire was still quite big and there were occasional crackling sounds.
More than half of the two distribution boxes were burned.
Fortunately, when they installed the photovoltaic panels, they deliberately avoided the location of the distribution box.
There was still several meters between the two sides and they were not affected.
The two men directly pointed the dry powder fire extinguisher at the distribution box and sprayed it wildly.
The fire was quickly put out. The two checked again and found no sparks, then put away the fire extinguisher.
Before leaving the rooftop, Han Ying filled the building's water room with water.
There is a wash room on the rooftop, but there is no water in it now.
The water they use now is directly delivered from the water company, and the water flow is very, very small.
But if there is water in the bathroom, the water can also flow out from their faucets.
Han Ying has stored a lot of water, and she doesn't mind giving some water to others when appropriate.
But the prerequisite is that those people must not know that it was you who released the water.
After putting the water in the water, the two changed their shoes back at the stairs and then went downstairs.
"What about the air conditioner that exploded downstairs?"
After going downstairs, Han Ying saw Lei Minghu just coming up from downstairs, so she asked.
"It's on the 16th and 15th floors, and the 7th floor. The fire has been put out."
"The families around them used all the water they had stored to put out the fire, and now they are crying and wailing down there."
In this kind of weather, you need to drink several liters of water every day, otherwise it is easy to become dehydrated and get heat stroke.
The number of people dying from heat stroke has been increasing every day recently.
Some of them were reported after their deaths and were quickly taken away by officials.
There are also many people who are alone or cannot contact the authorities and just stay at home and die.
Water is more precious than food in extreme heat.
But the water flow is just a little bit, and who wouldn't treasure that little bit of water like a treasure?
And now in order to put out the fire, we have to take out water. Who wouldn’t feel sad?
It is no exaggeration to say that it is cutting meat.
But if they don't take it out, the fire will definitely spread to their neighbors' houses, and by then even that little bit of water might not be able to put out the fire.
Many people also asked about the explosion upstairs, and Lei Minghu also told them about the explosion in the distribution box.
But in fact everyone guessed it because they had no electricity at home.
Although the entire building had no electricity, for some reason the water flow became much stronger.
This gave some comfort to the people in the building.
The size of this water flow is enough for every household to get a few more buckets of water today.
He Xiu from next door noticed that the water flow was getting stronger and quickly told their two neighbors the news.
Tell them to go in quickly and check if the buckets are full, and change the buckets in time so as not to let the water waste.
They both nodded in agreement and went home.
The temperature today is much higher than yesterday. Han Ying even measured it with a thermometer before leaving the rooftop.
It’s 57 degrees Celsius!
With such high temperatures and no electricity, even the fan can’t be used, and the whole house is like an oven.
Where can I stay?
The few windows in most people's homes were blocked out by thick curtains and patchwork clothing to block out the strong light.
But these ordinary fabrics can only block the glaring light at best, and cannot withstand the high temperature outside at all.
Of course, some people hang coated fabrics on their windows to block out the glare.
The official side has also had this kind of fabric for sale before, but the quantity is too small.
Many people simply can’t get it.
However, many parasols used by girls in the past were made of coated fabrics.
So many people took apart their umbrellas, cut the little fabric on top, and managed to piece together a membrane that could cover the windows.
However, even if it can block some of the high temperature that penetrates through the windows.
It also cannot block the high temperature of direct sunlight on the wall.
Less than half an hour after the power outage, many people could no longer bear it and quickly rushed to the underground parking garage with food, water and mats.
Go grab a good spot now while no one else is going down.
But when they arrived at the underground garage, they found that there were already many people inside.
Although it wasn't crowded, it was not easy to find a suitable seat.
The sudden rise in temperature today caused problems with the circuits in several buildings, causing them to go on strike.
But looking at the increasing number of people in the underground parking lot, it is obvious that this is not a good place to escape the summer heat.
The air in the underground parking lot is not well circulated to begin with, and with so many people squeezed in at once, you can imagine how stuffy it is.
In such an extreme environment, many people couldn't help crying.
Crying is contagious, especially in such a living environment where there is no future in sight.
Soon the entire underground parking lot was filled with faint sobbing sounds.
Even many young and middle-aged people were secretly wiping away tears.
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