Hazardous Power Lines Alarm Pattaya Residents

PATTAYA:--Two recent fires resulting from short circuits of power lines at a Sukhumvit Road intersection have worried central Pattaya residents, who say the neglected mass of power lines is an ongoing hazard. City workers have done some repairs, but the residents said more needs to be done because the area is close to a school.

November 16, 2012 [PDN]; at 2.30 p.m. a reporter went to investigate complaints by central Pattaya residents about hazardous power lines in their area. The troublesome spot was located at the left-turn intersection on Sukhumvit Road next to Muang Pattaya 5 school.

At the scene, the reporter saw the problem of damaged and burnt electric lines all over the area, which were lying on the sidewalk and dangling from electric poles. About 50 meters way, there was also an electrical box blackened by smoke.

Residents said the location is a central converging area of electric lines, but it is always in disorder and has not been maintained, so there have been regular short-circuits that have caused fires.

“This area had problem of electric lines for a long time,” a resident said. On November 9, at 6 p.m. there was a severe fire that burned many power lines and caused them to fall, he said. There was also a second later fire, caused by the electrical wiring that is all entangled and dysfunctional.

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--PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2012-11-18

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So if the hazard was not near a school the residents would not be worried ?