About 10,000 houses in Japan are only left without electricity after a snake crept into an electric substation and frying itself to death.
According to Newsweek, residents of Koriyama City, in the Japanese Fukushima Prefecture, faced a power outage on June 29 during the hottest part that day at 2:10 pm. Investigators from Tohoku Electric Power Company managed to track the cause of blackouts and find the remnants of a scorched from a snake in several machines.
According to the researchers, the snake was still burning when found. It has come in contact with a living wire. As a result, the smoke alarm was triggered and six fire trucks also ran to the scene. The short circuit triggers shutdown directly and automatically from the facilities for security reasons, the outlet reports.
It took about an hour for the strength to be restored to 10,000 homes and businesses. A barber reportedly said that he had to close his shop because his place became too hot to work safely and welcome customers.
Quoting Japan today, Newsweek reported that the news about the snake even triggered a lot of interest among the population. Some said they were shocked to how easy a snake succeeded in deactivating the city’s strength facilities.
A resident says, “It is very easy to close important infrastructure that is very necessary for our lives.” The others added, “If you get lightning or something that I will understand, but a snake? They must be more protected. “
Some residents even cheerfully joked and said, “Poor snake! The company must apologize and provide compensation to his family, “said another,” Snake Malang. I was born in the year of snakes, so this hit hard. “
Meanwhile, snakes have just become headlines. Some time ago a picture of a giant snake partying on a rainbow lorikeet while hanging upside down had taken the internet with a storm.