Electricity and water in the entire apartment were cut off
After nearly 2 days of power and water outages, on the afternoon of October 22, many residents of Dong Hung 2 apartment building, Tan Hung Thuan ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City returned to their apartments to live normally. Previously, many residents had to sleep at relatives’ houses or rent hotels, which was inconvenient.
Communicate with Tuoi Tre OnlineMs. Nguyen Thi Loc (60 years old, living in District 12, resident of Dong Hung 2 apartment building on DN10 street) said that on October 20, the apartment’s parking garage was flooded with water, up to the cellar door.
The incident caused many motorbikes and 3 cars to be submerged in water. The electricity and water systems of the entire apartment building were damaged, so about 112 apartments and 600 residents were affected.
“Currently, the electricity and water supply has only been temporarily fixed, and the fire protection system is also damaged, waiting for repair,” Ms. Loc said.
According to Ms. Loc, her family’s 6 motorbikes were all submerged and damaged. Accordingly, on the day the incident occurred, water began to flow into the apartment basement. At this time, security announced on the group for residents to move their cars.
Mrs. Loc on the 11th floor ran down to the place where the water had completely flooded into the cellar, so she had to give up.
“Yesterday afternoon (October 21), the water in the cellar was completely drained. My family brought 6 motorbikes to be repaired. My motorbike was repaired by the company for nearly 1 million VND. Now the company says the clock is also broken. Then, we have to replace nearly 1 million more,” Ms. Loc said.
Also according to Ms. Loc, in the past the apartment building had prepared sandbags near the tunnel door. When there was an incident of water overflowing, sandbags were used to block them, but no such incident occurred.
“If the security guard had announced it earlier so that residents could take the initiative, the consequences would have been different,” Ms. Loc shared.
Ms. Loc said the monthly parking fee at the apartment complex is 70,000 VND/scooter, 50,000 VND/motorcycle.
Similarly, Ms. Vu Lan Phuong (51 years old, resident of Dong Hung 2 apartment building) said her family had two motorbikes submerged by water. On the morning of October 21, she went down to get her car to go to work, only to discover that the apartment basement was flooded with water. She had to book a motorbike taxi to go to work.
“Since the day the water flooded into the apartment, there was a power outage and it was dark, so I had to sleep at a relative’s house in Binh Thanh district. It wasn’t until today that electricity and water were restored,” Ms. Phuong was frustrated.
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A man living in the Dong Hung 2 apartment building whose car was submerged said that around 7:20 p.m. on October 20, he received a phone call from the security guard informing him that the basement was flooded with water. He ran down to the basement, but the water was flooded so he couldn’t open the car door.
“At that time, the water had flooded through the car door. When I opened it, water poured in, so I agreed to leave it there. At that time, the security announced that the water had flooded. The water poured in very quickly. At this time, a motorbike could pick it up, not a car.” then you lose,” this person shared and said the car parking fee is 600,000 VND/car.
The used car he bought was more than 700 million VND. After the water recedes, bring the car to the dealership for inspection and estimate the repair cost to be about 100 – 200 million VND.
He said that flooding is unavoidable, but he hopes that the apartment building needs to have early warning measures for residents to proactively move their cars and have sandbags to prevent and block outside the tunnel door.
“Because the tunnel is lower than the road surface, water flows in very quickly, there is no time to react. If there were sandbags blocking it, the water would only flow in a little,” this person commented.
Mr. Vo Quoc Duy, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Tan Hung Thuan Ward, said that on the afternoon of October 20, high tide combined with prolonged heavy rain caused water from the road to overflow into the basement of Dong Hung 2 apartment building, I-Park 1 apartment building and I-Park apartment building. 2. Under each basement, there is a pump designed, but the water rushes in quickly, the pump cannot keep up, the water is about 2m deep.
Dong Hung 2 apartment complex had more than 30 motorbikes and 3 cars submerged, I-Park 1 and I-Park 2 apartment buildings had more than 70 motorbikes flooded.
According to Mr. Duy, in just 15 – 20 minutes, the basement of 3 apartment buildings was submerged by water. This time, the apartment security announced to the groups and some residents brought their motorbikes out in time, while many residents “did not have time to react”.
After the incident occurred, Mr. Duy contacted the fire department to bring 4 water pumps in the tunnel. At the same time, local forces were mobilized to help people get their cars out of the tunnel after the water was drained.
By 5:00 p.m. on October 21, the Dong Hung 2 apartment building’s basement was completely drained of water, and the water in the I-Park 1-2 apartment building’s cellar was completely drained by 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m.
“The locality also helped call a mechanic to come to the apartment to check motorbikes for residents,” Mr. Duy said.