A power bank exploded in an apartment in Odessa, shattering windows and doors. Details and photos available.
On the night of Friday, January 3, a fire broke out on the 6th floor of a 9-story residential building in Odessa on Komitetskaya Street. This was reported by the regional office of the State Emergency Service.
It was determined that the explosion in the apartment was caused by a battery in the bathroom.
3 4 The explosive force of the power bank blew out the front door, a window in the room, and the frames on the balcony.
5 6 Rescuers quickly extinguished the fire. Fortunately, no one was injured.
7 8 The causes of the fire are being investigated by the testing laboratory of the State Emergency Service of the Odessa region.
Recall that on January 2, a fire occurred on the 3rd floor of a 5-story residential building on Ivan and Yuri Lip Street (formerly Gaidara) in the Khadjibey district of Odessa. It turned out that a washing machine caught fire and exploded in the apartment.
We also previously reported that in China, an electric scooter caught fire. The driver, an employee of one of the delivery services in Shenzhen, was thrown back by the explosion, which saved his life, though he did not escape burns.