Alibaba Cloud waiting for hardware to dry out after fire
Briefly

"Since some of the affected hardware and machineries are located in the dangerous and blocked area of the building where access is not allowed and some hardware and machineries require to be carefully dried in order to ensure data security, hence the restoration of some long tail machines and inventories may take a longer time," explained the Chinese cloud giant.
"The fire broke out last Tuesday morning, evidently as a result of an explosion of lithium-ion batteries. Twenty people were immediately evacuated and Singapore's Civil Defence Force (SCDF) arrived on the scene to manage what it prophetically described as a likely 'prolonged operation.' Local media reported SCDF was forced to deploy a firefighting robot to quench the blaze and cool the batteries - a potentially smart move as lithium-ion batteries are known to reignite or explode, and also release toxic fumes."
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