Small household appliances lead to big problems. The police kindly remind us that small details in life are very important!

Hair dryers are common small electrical devices in people's daily lives. They are compact, easy to carry, and can also be used for quick drying clothes, but the fire hazards are often overlooked. Recently, Mr. Yang, a resident of Jiulong Xiyuan Community in Bafu Town, Chongqing High tech Zone, caused a fire due to a hair dryer. Fortunately, the enthusiastic public reported the fire in a timely manner, which did not cause significant losses.

"Police comrades, come quickly. There is a resident whose window is constantly emitting thick smoke. I don't know if the house is on fire..." Around noon on January 15th, a man called the police station to report to the police, claiming that the building next to the kindergarten in the jurisdiction was emitting thick smoke, suspected of catching fire.

▲ Firefighters and police rushed into the house to search for the source of the fire

The situation was urgent. Upon receiving the alarm, the police immediately rushed to the smoking building with all their equipment and found that thick smoke was coming from a resident's house on the third floor. The police immediately ran up to the third floor and followed the burning smell, quickly finding the resident emitting thick smoke. The police knocked on the door several times but no one responded. They quickly found a locksmith to open the door. Then, the police entered the house and found burnt shoes and thick smoke coming from a hair dryer on the ground, With a flickering light, the police quickly unplugged the power cord of the hair dryer and extinguished the flames. At this moment, Mr. Yang, who heard the noise outside, slowly walked out of the bedroom and was frightened by what was happening before him!

It was ultimately determined that the location of the fire was under the living room window sill, and the ignition point was a hair dryer placed inside the shoes on the ground. The cause of the fire was the overheating of the hair dryer during operation, which ignited the shoes and caused the fire.

Mr. Yang's shoes have been burnt out

Through the police's account of the situation at the scene, Mr. Yang woke up like a dream and felt a faint sense of fear afterwards. Fortunately, the enthusiastic crowd reported the incident in a timely manner. According to Mr. Yang, when it rained and he accidentally stepped on a puddle on his way home from work at noon, wetting his shoes. After returning home, because he had to work in the afternoon and it was cold, Mr. Yang thought that the hair dryer could not only dry quickly but also heat up. So he turned on the hair dryer to blow his shoes. Mr. Yang took the hair dryer and blew it for a while, but found that the shoes were still very wet, so he thought to keep the hair dryer on, Take a nap inside the house for a few minutes before coming out and turning it off, so that when you wake up, your shoes will also dry.

I didn't expect to fall asleep too soundly, forgetting all about keeping the hair dryer on. Even the loud commotion of police officers knocking on the door did not wake Mr. Yang up. The police rigorously popularized the knowledge of electricity safety and fire protection in winter to Mr. Yang, and warned him to pay attention to fire and electricity safety knowledge in the future. Subsequently, Mr. Yang thanked everyone for their timely rescue and stated that he would definitely learn from it.

High tech police remind:

A hair dryer uses heating wires to heat air and blow out hot air. Once the air inlet or outlet is too close to the object or causes blockage, it will seriously affect the heat dissipation of the hair dryer. At this time, the temperature will quickly rise, ignite surrounding objects, and even cause spontaneous combustion. Hair dryers are high-power electrical devices, so please make sure to unplug the power plug in a timely manner after use. Details in daily life are very important, and do not ignore them to cause big mistakes!