Power Outage Hits Apartment During Heatwave... Osan City Deploys City Hall Bus as Emergency Mobile Shelter

Osan City Provides Cooling Rest Area Using City Hall Bus

Mayor Jo Yongho Visits Site, Emphasizes Protection of Vulnerable Groups

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Jo Yongho) deployed a city hall bus equipped with air conditioning as an emergency measure to protect residents following a power outage at an apartment complex during a heatwave.

Osan Mayor Jo Yongho is visiting Yeongsan Green Mansion in Eungye-dong, where a power outage occurred on the 2nd, to check the on-site response situation. Provided by Osan City

According to Osan City on August 3rd, a power outage occurred at Yeongsan Green Mansion in Eungye-dong at approximately 12:20 p.m. on August 2nd due to a transformer malfunction. At the time, a heatwave warning had been issued for Osan, and the daytime high temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius.

The apartment complex did not have a separate cooling shelter, leaving vulnerable groups such as the elderly and children without a suitable place to escape the heat. Immediately after confirming the power outage situation, the city dispatched one city hall bus to the site and operated it as a “mobile cooling shelter.”

Residents waited for power restoration inside the air-conditioned bus. The power was restored at approximately 2:52 p.m., about two hours and thirty minutes after the outage occurred.

Mayor Jo Yongho visited the site to inspect the shelter operations and the restoration process. Mayor Jo instructed the relevant departments to prioritize the protection of vulnerable groups such as the elderly and to cooperate with related agencies to minimize inconvenience to residents.

Mayor Jo stated, "Even a short power outage during a heatwave can directly impact the health and safety of residents," and added, "We will make sure that there are no gaps in the on-site response so that vulnerable groups are prioritized, even in unexpected situations."

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