ElectricalSafety:FloodElectrocution

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Had an extremely close call today. I was sat on the third floor, with the front verandah door open, reading a magazine. Lightning struck a tall TV aerial on the roof of the shophouse across the street. There was a huge bang, which I initially thought was a bomb attack, and a visible flash at the top of the aerial. The strike exploded the top wall bracket of the mast, showering the street with small pieces of cement render and brick. Some came through the open verandah door and through the shutter gate on the groundfloor. Luckily, I wasn't hit; and no damage to the car or window glass either. My wife, in the garden at the back of the house, was actually hit by piece of flying concrete, but no real injury. I'm happy to say that the electricity Safe-T-Cut had obviously been set correctly, as it immediately tripped off.

The aerial is now swaying rather precariously on its remaining wall bracket. I alerted the owner to the exact location and nature of the hit, as he couldn't see it from his ground floor. I'm now just hoping he gets it fixed before it blows down in some monsoon wind blast and shorts out the street's electricity cables. I somehow doubt he will bother. So perhaps another violent explosion can be looked forward to in the future. :eek:

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Walking street Convenience Store Deputy Manager dies following electric shock from rice oven

In the early hours of Wednesday Morning, Police and rescue workers made their way to a 24 hour convenience store located in the center of Walking Street, South Pattaya to deal with a fatality inside the store. First on the scene were Foreign Tourist Police Assistants who attempted resuscitation of the victim of an apparent electrocution, Khun Sureerat aged 24, the Assistant Manager of the Store. Burn marks on her fingers confirmed that she had come into contact with an electrical appliance which was later determined to be a rice cooker which was removed from the scene by Police. The victim had removed her shoes before using the appliance which is thought to have led to her demise. Shocked work colleagues looked on as Khun Sureerat’s body was removed under the watchful eye of Police Lieutenant Colonel Sanai from Pattaya Police Station who is currently investigating the incident.


I suggest you read the rather ironic slogan on Sureerat's nametag:

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Carried out with about as much ceremony as any other convenience store transaction. :o
Mai Pen Rai! ALL is soon forgotten with a quick snort of the inhaler! :mad:

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Pattaya City News has now been changed into Pattaya One News Online. Still thoroughly recommended because for its graphic coverage, as seen below. You don't see stuff like this in the Bangkok English dailies much!:

English Tourist electrocuted as he walks back to his Hotel in South Pattaya.


In the early hours of Thursday Morning, Police Major Pumipat from Pattaya Police Station was called to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital to investigate the death of a foreign tourist who was thought to have been electrocuted. The deceased, Mr. Scott Mitchinson aged 30 from England was accompanied to the Hospital by his girlfriend; Khun Wanidar aged 32, who works at a bar in Walking Street. She was able to explain the chain of event leading to Mr. Mitchinson’s death which appears to be a tragic accident. She explained to Police that the pair were preparing to leave the Bar and return to his Hotel, even though heavy rainstorms on Wednesday Night had flooded many streets. The pair approached the corner of Soi 17 off the Pratamnuk Road near Pattaya School Number 8 when Mr. Mitchinson suddenly collapsed and began to convulse. If fact he had come into contact with exposed power cables, concealed by the flood waters. Passers-by realized the situation and were reluctant to approach the victim because of the potential of electrocuting themselves. Eventually a plan was formulated to rescue the victim, however he had already passed-away according to Doctors who attempted CPR at the Emergency Room which was unsuccessful. The British Embassy in Bangkok are aware of the case and it is thought that the Tourist Emergency Relief Fund will be called upon to offer some compensation for this tragic death.
http://www.pattayaone.net/news_19_06_51_2.html

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Man killed as he removes a sign from the front of a shop in Jomtien

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On Monday Afternoon Police and rescue workers responded to a call relating to a fatality that occurred on the Tepprasit Road in front of Soi 11. Arriving at the scene, it was clear that the cause of death was electrocution. Khun Gasaerm aged 39 was lying dead on the street and had sustained severe burns to his body. Nearby was a sign which he was in the process of removing from the front of a shop, according to his work colleague Khun Sutaerp aged 39 who further explained that Khun Gasaerm, who works for the Jomtien Advertising Company, was unaware that as he was removing the sign, power cables were located directly behind him. He came into contact with the cables and a huge explosion occurred and he fell to the ground. Police have recorded the case as an accident.
http://www.pattayaone.net/news_05_08_51_3.html