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Recently, a video about a fire in a Mercedes-Benz 4S store has circulated on the Internet.

It is understood that the incident occurred on August 2 in Houjie Town, Dongguan, Guangdong. The 4S store that caught fire was Dongguan Zhongshengzhixing Automobile sales and Service Co., Ltd., which is located in the Qiaotou section of Guantai Road, Houjie Town, Dongguan City. From the video posted on the Internet, we can see that a row of vehicles outside the 4S store are surrounded by raging fire, and the outer walls of the surrounding buildings are blackened by the fire. People at the scene told the media that at least three vehicles were burned in the fire, one of which was a new energy vehicle.

Subsequently, firefighters arrived to put out the fire, and the fire caused no casualties. After a preliminary investigation, the cause of the fire was the short circuit of the outdoor charging pile, which led to the fire of the vehicle.

In fact, in recent years, it is not uncommon for 4s stores to catch fire. In May this year, a BYD 4S store in Minhou County, Fujian Province caught fire. From the video exposed on the Internet at that time, we can see that the entire exhibition hall was surrounded by fire, the sky was filled with thick smoke, and most of the vehicles in the exhibition hall and the vehicles parked outside were burned by the fire, leaving only the frame, seriously damaged. As for the cause of the fire, the relevant fire and rescue detachment revealed to the media that the burning material was the electric vehicles parked in the exhibition hall.

In response to the fire, BYD officials also issued an article on the same day saying: on May 16, a fire broke out in our sales showroom in Minhou County, Fuzhou City, which caused no casualties after emergency fire fighting. From the relevant video, in the initial stage of the fire, the open fire is located on the roof of the second floor, and there is no open fire in the glass hall of the exhibition car on the first floor. it is preliminarily judged that the fire is located in the office or roof of the second floor, and it is not ruled out that the fire was caused by short circuit or aging. At the same time, through the access to the background data, the battery of the vehicle in the exhibition hall is not abnormal, and the possibility caused by the vehicle is ruled out. In addition, it is also pointed out that according to fire protection, "burning substance" does not refer to "source of ignition" and belongs to two different concepts.

In addition to the BYD 4S store was exposed to fire, the Great Wall 4S store has also been reported fire. In September last year, a netizen posted a video on the Internet about a fire in a Great Wall 4S store in Cuiping District, Yibin, Sichuan Province, which attracted a large number of netizens' attention. From the video footage exposed at that time, we can see that the exhibition hall was surrounded by black smoke. At that time, in response to the incident, Harvard 4S store staff said that another store charging pile was not installed, hot weather circuit problems caused a fire. Now the fire has been put out, there are no casualties, only some damage to the vehicles.

For the fire at the 4S store, Qiao Xinyu, deputy general manager of Harvard Brand, also said in a personal Weibo post at that time that some media reported "Harvard New Energy vehicle spontaneous combustion". We immediately learned about the situation and synchronized with everyone as follows: at 10:00 this morning, an H6 PHEV caught fire at the Harvard New Energy 4S store in Yibin, Sichuan Province. The fire was quickly brought under control and caused no casualties. By accessing the background data of the vehicle, we found that the car was not reported abnormal. after inquiring with the staff of the 4S store and based on the background data analysis, we preliminarily judged that the fire caused by external forces was more likely. Harvard brand attaches great importance to this matter, and I will keep pace with you if there is any further information.

It is worth mentioning that from the fire in the above-mentioned 4S stores, we can see that most of them are caused by external reasons. This should also remind 4S store managers and employees to pay attention to fire awareness, regular maintenance and inspection of in-store equipment, replacement of old equipment and lines to ensure safety. After all, the 4S store is the place to display vehicles, in the event of a fire, it will inevitably cause greater losses.

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