Fiks Fare/ The illegal electrical connection destroys the apartment, endangering the residents of a building in Durrës

2023-10-11 22:50:00, Denoncim CNA

Fiks Fare/ The illegal electrical connection destroys the apartment, endangering

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Fiks Fare broadcast on Wednesday evening the denunciation of the residents of a building in Durrës, near the Train Station, who live every day with the fear that "the flames will return again".

According to them, at the end of September 2023, a big fire broke out in the building, burning an apartment and damaging many others, as they have information that the cause of the fire was an illegal connection of electricity.

"We have addressed Fiks Fare for a problem with a fire in this building. An apartment on the 7th floor was gutted by fire, as a result of an illegal electrical connection. The apartment was rented daily for many months. It was the end of September, when the police and the fire department came to us. It was 11 p.m., there was a knock on the door. There was smoke and flames everywhere", say the residents, as they claim that they also risked their lives, the building was full of residents.

"The flames and smoke spread and we were also in danger. The police and the fire department came and told us that the cause is the power connection. Until now, no institution has remembered us, to clarify why the fire broke out and fix it. They left it like that, the corridors with soot. Our other apartments were also filled with soot. We have cleaned them", claims a resident.

Another says that he installed the window of the apartment himself, which was broken due to water entering. "Water was leaking in my house. In addition to flames, smoke, we also have water. We risk every day," he says, as the group of Fix went to the apartment, which was reduced to ashes. Residents show the whole situation in their apartments, while the corridor is again full of soot. They say that even after the fire died down, there were still electrical sparks. They ask the electrician to go and verify if there is a connection or not.

Meanwhile, residents also complain about the terrace. They say that it has been closed for a long time and no one opens it for them.

"They have occupied it. The stairs used to have ventilation, now they don't. If they had ventilation, the smoke would have gone up. It endangered us. They sold the terrace hand to hand and now keep it closed, when it is a common space", conclude the residents.

Pas ankesës së banorëve, Fiks Fare kontaktoi me Drejtorinë Rajonale të OSHEE Durrës. Kjo drejtori dërgoi në atë pallat z. Marsel Roda, i cili është shefi i grupit kontrollues. Gazetarët e pyesin se cila ka qenë arsyeja e rënies së zjarrit, ndërsa na thotë se apartamentit ku ka rënë zjarr, në katin e shtatë, i ishte ndërprerë energjia elektrike në muajin qershor të vitit 2023. Pohon se s’ka informacion në lidhje me shkaqet, pasi këto shkaqet mund ti hetojnë organet ligjzbatuese me ekspertë të fushës. Sipas tij, pronarët e apartamentit kanë qenë debitor dhe u është ndërprerë energjia, madje edhe me procesverbal.

It also shows the electricity meter, where it turns out that the meter is still interrupted, with the cable torn from OSHEE and with the record. We ask him how the fire happened, he tells us that OSHEE has the duty to control the electricity up to the box where these meters are located. Then, it is the duty of everyone, the residents, the owners of the building, to verify every claim.

Journalists ask him that the residents have doubts that there are illegal connections again, he tells us that he has checked the entire line and that "up to the electricity distribution box, there is no illegal connection". He even claims that even the apartment in question still has the electricity disconnected./ tch