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พี่สาวผมได้เรียบเรียงเป็นภาษาอังกฤษให้ครับ สำหรับเพื่อนๆที่มีบุคคลอันเป็นที่รักเป็นชาวต่างชาติ จะได้บอกกล่าวต่อๆไป เพราะเป็นสิ่งที่พึงระวังอย่างยิ่ง
Expect the unexpected danger your own fridge priceless lesson
First of all, I wanted to say this incident was the real life threatening situation. It thought me invaluable lessons and gave me opportunities to learn the unexpected especially accidental aftermath. Nonetheless I took the opportunity in this regards to share my life experience with you, hopefully it would be an essential case study for others to learn and to be prevent the same situation to repeat itself in the future.
I will begin here. I live with my brother at one of the established condominiums around Sathorn area on 9th floor. We bought the 2 bedroom unit and moved in since late 2007 while my mother live at the same building on 10th floor. May I tell you a bit more background about myself before we really get started here. I personally am a very cautious person especially when it comes to the matter of electricity and fire, even then the unexpected had happened.
In the middle of the night on 28 July 2010 approximately 4am - we all human are mostly under deep sleep; this included me and my brother. In my sleep, I started to feel awkward and uncomfortable with burning smell. It did wake me up and I tried walking towards bedroom door. When the door opened, I was completely shocked to feel the thick smoke and burning heat. The heat suddenly kicked off right on my face fiercely pushed me right backward. My lung was filled in completely with smoke while I was thinking, my house was burning! I put myself together with full conscious so I could walk to wake my brother who still slept in another bedroom while yelling fire fire!! My brother heard my loud voice and tried crawling on the floor trying to get out. It was certainly the best and right way to deal with smoke and fire completely opposite from what I did. I had to admit I was shocked at the time and did not have my full conscious with me upon woken up by burning smoke. My only thought was I had to run to my mum who was also still asleep on 10th floor. In the meantime I started to feel exhausted due to the smoke and were unable to see clearly, while my brother crawled out to the main door and opened it successfully, it did not take too much time. The light from the open door did help to give me some visibility and I managed to walk to the door as well. I told my brother that I would go to mum and he could go get the fire extinguisher. I yelled at the top of my lung Fire Fire to wake neighbors while running to mum. My brother managed to take control of the fire extinguisher and pushed the fire alarm system. I knocked on my mum door and softly told her there was a fire, then instructed her to slowly walk down the staircase to the ground floor and to wait outside the building.
I came back to my room right afterwards. In the light dark after my eyes adjusted, I managed to see that the fire came from the back of the living room. I decided right away to walk through smoke in order to put out the fire (I remembered we had a 19 litters sprinkle bottle of water recently bought). I half walk half crawl to the back to open the back door aiming to release smoke to open space outside. Smoke started moving out to the open, I then manage to see the room more clearly and suddenly realized it was the burning fridge. Fire started to burn more fiercely on the wall at the back of the fridge and the ceiling above. I went back and lift the 19 litters bottle of water at the fire. Half way, I felt I no longer could not manage any longer, I crawled out of the room once again. My brother came in with fire extinguisher, we helped each other to put out the fire which was still burning at the time. After 3 minutes my brother run to me saying that the fire was put out but he was not sure whether it was, entirely. We both run to the fire escape stairway for some air and waited 5 more minutes then the security guards arrived. I run up to 10th floor again to ensure my mum had left the building and run downstairs to find my mum. The fire engine truck arrived, my brother and I began to faint, we both were sent to emergency room at BNH hospital around 4.45 am
We both arrived at the hospital and were given oxygen mark and went for x-ray as well as lung check including many other hospital checks. We both were sent to take a rest shortly after around 6.30 am. I later received phone call (only communication device I managed to take) from the police and fire investigation department advising unofficially that the fire came from fridges compressor malfunction which caused damage to my dwelling.
I was hospitalized for 4 days. My father and sister went back to the room, along with the officer from fire insurance company, to preview the damage and took photos of the place including the rest of household appliances especially the key refrigerator. My brother who was recovered faster was released from the hospital. He started to contact refrigerator owning company and informed them to visit for further investigation.
This is importance after review the physical damage of the refrigerator, the company requested to bring it back for further investigation of which I had refused. This was because I was not convinced about the investigating procedure. Two days afterwards, the company tried to contact me again requesting to send official engineering officers for investigation. Once again I was asked to release the fridge to the company, I had not complied.
Important note Returning the evidence directly back to the company without co-investigation between Fire Investigation Department and relevant departmental units will lead to incomplete and invalid investigation result.
After I was released from the hospital, the refrigerator owning company contacted me to receive damaged product certificate. This was required by the fire insurance company. The next point I wanted to share with you was also equally important. The refrigerator owning companys deceiving trick they were trying to ask my brother and I to counter sign some documents brought by companys legal officer. The company advised that the said documents was damaged product certificate and further informed the documents must be signed off. After I read through, I understood that it was ambiguous unlike other appliances companies where there was no counter-sign signature required. I suspected it was fault document which could be used against me had I signed blindly. We were lucky we did not sign it.
I started to think I should have brought the case to Consumer Protection Department and I did through its website on 7 August 2010. Additional documents were submitted on 19 August 2010 to Consumer Protection Department such as daily record, fire certificate from condominium juristic person office as well as photos. On 27 August 2010, TV Channel 7 has shown their interest against my case hence requested for appropriate appointment to film the incident and use it to remind others as a sample case story. I myself personally believe that this incident will help others to be more cautious and careful in their daily life and what needs to be done had the incident unfortunately and unexpected happened.
Please feel free to visit photos using following links http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4FbOIYmADo
In addition, I do wish that the branded consumer companies in Thailand take clear and full responsibility against consumer protection law as same as other developing countries such as PANASONIC refrigerator reclaim in china on 5 August 2010 see link http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Panasonic-recalls-over-360000-refrigerators-in-China/articleshow/6259838.cms
I am not sure how many out there who is currently using the same refrigerator brand, same model as mine and uncertain whether the same incident will happen with other, nearly lost my life while sleeping had I slept through and I was not at home, what would have happened!!
Currently the refrigerator owning company has still refused to take responsibility against the incident due to pending investigation result from Fire Investigation Department. (they claimed they were not guilty without result). I brought the case to Consumer Protection Department due to transparencys doubt. The refrigerator is still with me. I could never be certain whether the refrigerator owning company had lobby media so far.
Suspectedly, I was so far unable to revisit TV Channel 7 broadcast on my story on 31 August 2010 at 19:30 pm (other dates were fine eg: 30 August 2010 or 01 September 2010)
Worst fear, Illegal mafia power! No investigation result from Fire Investigation Department to date one and a half month has passed!
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