At about 19:30 on July 28, the outer wall of the roof of the Wyndham Hotel at Renmin Road broke out in Dingwangtai Street, Furong District, Changsha City, Hunan Province.
The top floor of the hotel was blazing, and from time to time incendiary objects fell.
At 19:51, the fire at the scene was extinguished, and the district street office responded that the fire was caused by a short circuit on the signboard on the exterior wall, and there were no casualties.
Case 1
On the afternoon of July 8, 2024, a fire broke out in Tamsui Huadu Plaza, Huiyang District, Huizhou, Guangdong. The combustible material was an exterior wall elevator billboard, and there were no casualties at the scene.
Case 2
At 13:59 on May 11, 2023, a fire broke out in a private house in Wuhan, and the fire was extinguished at 14:33, 15 people were evacuated and rescued at the scene, and 2 people died after being sent to the hospital for rescue. The place of the incident was a fire on the outdoor billboard and decoration materials of a 6-story house.
Outdoor billboards are prone to rust, aging, loose joints, and even short circuits, fires and other problems caused by the accumulation of wind and sun, and what are the potential safety hazards of outdoor billboards? How can we protect ourselves?