China woman accidentally leaves water tap on, turns community into ice rink overnight
Father scolds forgetful daughter whose water tank leaked for nine hours; mother buys all salt in local shops to melt ice
A woman in northwestern China forgot to turn off the tap of her water heater after bathing, causing an hours-long leak that turned her residential community into an outdoor skating rink.
The woman, known as Wang, released a video on social media on January 16 apologising to residents in her neighbourhood in Lanzhou, Gansu province, the Xianfeng News reported.
“I took a shower last night and then forgot to turn off the water tap of my home’s solar water heater. The water was flowing out of the tank for nine hours,” she said in the clip.
“The skating rink in our community you saw this morning was made by me. I am sorry. I made this mistake,” added Wang.
The tank for her water heater is on the roof of the building. After Wang forgot to close the tap, the water kept flowing to the tank before leaking from it.
Her rival video clip showed the water flowing out of the tank, streaming down the wall and spreading onto the road outside.
The night temperature in Lanzhou dropped to minus eight degrees Celsius in mid-January.
The frozen road was first discovered by Wang’s father, who has a habit of getting up early every morning to work out.