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Disaster● Elevated41m ago · Nov 8, 2026, 8:38 AM

Dangerous harmonies: Is there a hidden villain in India’s devastating electrical fires?

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia

Electrical causes are predominating in India’s recent fire incidents; while codes and guidelines are covering these increasingly, there are still major gaps such as taking into account harmonic currents put into the system by state-of-the-art electronics equipment

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