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And no! Not optimus prime! Seven-year-old boy in China electrocuted after urinating on transformer PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2015 8:51 AM PRINTEMAIL The shed where seven-year-old Fang Haohao urinated in, which he thought was a toilet. It turned out to be a 10,000-volt electrical substation. -- PHOTO: WEIBO XI'AN - A boy suffered a near-fatal electrocution when he urinated on a transformer on a roadside in China's Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province. Fang Haohao, seven, wanted to relieve himself while waiting with his parents at a bus stop and was told by his father to do so at an open space behind some hoarding, according to My Paper. Mr Fang then heard crackling noises shortly after and saw thick smoke rising from a nearby shed, which turned out to be a 10,000-volt electrical substation. He rushed over to discover his son lying on the floor of the shed, his whole body on fire. All the boy's hair had been burnt off and he was covered in blisters. Haohao was rushed to a hospital, which transferred him to a better-equipped facility where his left arm was amputated. A doctor also said nearly half of the boy's body was severely burnt and that his skull was visible. Police on the scene discovered a small warning sign on the shed but was unable to establish who owned it. Speaking to local media, a tearful Mr Fang questioned the lack of prominent warning signs around the substation. He also asked why it was located so near a bus stop. "We come from a village. My son must have thought it uncivilised to pee by the roadside in a city. But at his age, how could he have known that it was a substation?" he said. Quoting a physics teacher in Xi'An, My Paper reported that urine, consisting mostly of saline, is a good conductor of electricity. An electrical current could have flowed through the boy's stream of urine if it came into contact with the transformer, causing an electric shock. Why do I not feel a bit sad? KArma is indeed a bitch

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Happy New years guys.. ok.. what i m gonna say might sound ridiculous to some or in fact many.. since half a year after I gotten, i have been experiencing this till today. Whenever i drive my car from point A to point B, i alight and close the door. What's been happening is that whenever I touched the metal part of the door, I get 'electrocuted', i experienced some kinda strong static electricity. i thought it's me who's experiencing this, but several of my friends experienced that when they wanna close the door.. it's been a year now.. All i did was to reach for the plastic pillar to push close the door instead of touching any metal part. Just days back, another friend got 'electrocuted'. I dunno what to do.. if i send to tan chong (my car is nissan sylphy), I dun think they can diagnose any problems (that's their standard answers). so like to seek any opinions or advice from bros...