A fire broke out in a room in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. (Picture / Retrieved from Xiaoqiang Hotline)
Want to cry without tears! Mr. Tan, a 23-year-old man from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, hid his 100,000 yuan (about NT$440,000) in cash under the sheets. Unexpectedly, a fire broke out in the rental house recently, and all the furniture and daily necessities were burnt out. , even the money was reduced to ashes, causing him to collapse.
According to “Xiaoqiang Hotline”, the incident happened at around 11:30 in the morning on July 11, when he was just going out, and his roommate informed him that there was smoke in his room. All personal clothing and daily necessities were burned. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the fire caused a lot of damage. In addition to the things in the house, there was 100,000 yuan in cash.
Mr. Tan revealed that he spread the New Year’s money under the sheets one by one, and developed this habit since he was a child. He could feel at ease lying on top of the money. Unexpectedly, when a fire broke out, all of them were burnt up, and not a single one was left. However, the firefighters did not find any traces of burning a large number of papers or coins, or the remnants of the burning banknotes, “You must know cash, one is cloth material and the other is paper material, both of which are combustibles, and after all of them are burnt Water again, because at that time our firefighters were using water, so they might not have found it.” He still needs to provide evidence to prove that there is money under the sheets.
The staff of the Fire Rescue Brigade pointed out that no wreckage of electrical lines was found at the scene, and other factors such as arson and external sources of fire could be ruled out. A cigarette case was found at the scene, some with cigarette butts, and a packet on the bed was burnt and carbonized, but Can tell there are several cigarette butts. However, this is only a preliminary judgment, and the final cause of the fire remains to be clarified.
Mr. Tan admitted that he did have the habit of smoking in the house, but on the day of the incident, he went out after extinguishing the cigarette butt, and the apartment did not prohibit smoking, and expressed his willingness to wait for the results.