The cable bridge in Long Ping, Yuen Long caught fire at 7:00 last night (21st), causing power outages in many places in Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long and Tuen Mun. Among them, more than 20,000 households in Tin Shui Wai had been without power overnight until more than 8:00 in the morning.
For 13 long hours, the residents of Tin Shui Wai exhausted their energy all night and also ran out of mobile phone power.
A large number of citizens brought chargers to the Tianze shopping mall to fork the electricity. Some people even described it as "hard to walk".
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An unnamed resident of Tianze Village described her experience last night: "It's super hard! It's the first time for such a big girl!" She said that she is in her 60s and had to walk 30 floors yesterday. I knew that I couldn’t cook rice without electricity, so I stayed at Luoxi to buy food, and then went back.” She continued, “I can’t cook, I can’t wash my hair, I don’t have fans, no air conditioners, and I can’t even drink water if I want to. "This morning, her mobile phone was out of power, so she went to Tianze shopping mall to fork the electricity, saying that fortunately the shopping mall did not drive her away.
Wang Tai, who was also charging at the Tianze shopping mall, said that the children went to school in Tianze Village.
Due to the power outage, the school announced that classes would be suspended today, and the family had no electricity and felt hot, so the family had to go to the mall to recharge and enjoy the shade.
She said that the school notified parents of students through a WhatsApp group at about 6 a.m. this morning that they do not have to go back to school today. As far as she knows, some students have not received the news to return to school.
Wang pointed out that in the hot summer, there is no air conditioner or fan, and the children were so unbearable that they had to shower several times to cool down.
I used the flashlight function of my phone last night. When I got up this morning, my phone was out of power, so I had to go to the mall to charge it.
Regarding some residents in the area who pointed out that the hotel was temporarily staying, Mrs. Wang said she had considered it and checked it online at 4 am, but found that the hotel rooms in the area were fully booked, and now she has to endure another day without electricity.
There was a water cutoff last night, but after that, the drinking water was returned. She said that she could not cook all three meals, so she had to go out to eat.
"Suddenly I don't know what's going on, I thought it was a world war!" Mrs. Wang said that last night when she was cooking at home, there was a sudden power outage, and the children were afraid.
Wang pointed out that it does not matter if the power outage is several hours. The two-day power outage has a great impact, including the need to discard food. It is estimated that hundreds of yuan of ingredients need to be discarded.
She pointed out that many elderly people with limited mobility and elderly have living care problems, including three meals a day.
"Some people are in wheelchairs, and they are really called the sky should not be, and the ground will not be heard!" According to Mrs. Wang's knowledge, there are security guards who provide drinking water for the wheelchair users.
Regarding the blackout incident, Yutai believed that CLP was responsible. She pointed out that CLP explained that there was no problem in the inspection last year, but the accident still happened yesterday.
She said that it is not known when the power will be restored, and daily life has been greatly affected.
The reporter asked how CLP should compensate the public?
She believes that the price increase of CLP is all about money. If you turn on the air conditioner, the electricity bill is about 1,000 yuan. "You can increase the electricity bill. If there is a power failure (power outage), there is a plan for each situation, and if it happens, there will be a backup plan!" She felt that CLP should provide electricity fee waivers for the affected 20,000 households.
The loss of fish stalls in Tianze Market is worth thousands of yuan.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
The loss of fish stalls in the market is worth thousands of yuan
Ms. Li, who works in the frozen meat shop in Tian Chak Market, said that the power was restored when she started work at 8:00 this morning, and she has not yet counted the losses. Rong Zuo didn’t dare to take them out and sell them.” However, the fish stalls in the market suffered heavy losses. Due to the power failure of the electric pump and no oxygen supply, some fish stalls lost 30 squid, each worth about 200 yuan.
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