News Forum - VIDEO: Fire falls like rain from communication cables in Bangkok

[Thaiger]

Fire fell like rain onto the road in Bangkok this morning in yet another communication cable fire. The clip was filmed near the entrance of Nidhiprinya School in Din Daeng district at around 4am. Burning plastic dripped from the amass of glowing cables onto the and onto a lorry parked below. The Twitter user who posted the clip said the fire was swiftly extinguished. Luckily no one was injured and the only damage done was to the contents of the lorry. It is unclear whether the fire impacted power in the area. In July, communication cables caught fire causing a big […]

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[kalyan]

communication cable, catch electrical fire  !!!???

[Ramanathan.P]

The fire could be caused by faulty electrical cables which are entangled with communication cables. There is no way communication cables catching fire by itself. Only short circuit in electrical cables cause electrical fire which will eventually spread to other combustible materials...

 

[Smithydog]

It would be interesting to understand which lines amongst the spaghetti tangle of wires actually caught fire!

There are likely some old copper wires amongst the fibre optic and cable lines, used by the old PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). Copper wires can carry a small electrical current in them to power the network, but it is unlikely these are a source unless there is a live breakage somewhere amongst them all.

Plastic coatings can melt and burn if the heat is enough. But I also do wonder what "live" electrical wires might happen to be amongst them as well.

[Skip]

Take some steps if even just baby steps to address the problem... it doesn't have to happen all at once, but start somewhere...

One idea... instead of the gov't being responsible... hold the electric co and the communication companies accountable to clean up after themselves

[HiuMak]

Just look at how the cables are connected and electricity tapped in Bangkok. It is just a disaster waiting to happen.