An explosion caused a fire in a house in Selangor, Malaysia. The police accidentally discovered that this was an illegal Bitcoin mining base. △A fire broke out in a house in Selangor, Malaysia. The police investigation found that the room in the house was used for illegal Bitcoin mining activities.
Mohammad Hafiz, the chief of the Sungai Buloh Police District, said on the 12th that the police received a call at 11:41 am on the 11th, saying that a loud explosion was heard in a house and a lot of smoke was coming out.
Hafiz said that the police and firefighters arrived at the scene one after another and found that there was no one in the house. They had to break the door to put out the fire.
The police then found that the power supply of the room where the fire broke out had been illegally modified, and the fire was caused by a short circuit in the wires.
The police also found several illegal Bitcoin "mining machines", fans and routers in the room, and are currently investigating further.
Hafiz warned that illegal Bitcoin mining activities are not only illegal, but also have adverse consequences for social economy and security. Illegal connection of cables will bring fire risks and threaten people's lives and property.
Bitcoin mining refers to installing a specific processor in a computer as a mining machine, using powerful computing power to mine Bitcoins online. This is a very power-consuming activity. Mining machines perform complex calculations for a long time and are prone to failure and loss.
