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London skyscraper melted Jaguar
A curious incident occurred with one of the inhabitants of London. The owner of the car Jaguar XJ found his car partially melt. As it turned out, the cause of the unfortunate incident was under construction near the building.
Briton Martin Lindsay parked his Jaguar XJ, worth more than 70 thousand. USD., Under construction next to the glass skyscraper of 20 Fenchurch Street, and walked away for a while from the car. When the master returned, he discovered that the executive class sedan appeared melted plastic parts of the body and interior, the emblem of Jaguar, and also damaged the rear view mirror, writes The Daily Mail. The investigation revealed that the reason for this was sunlight reflected from the windows of a skyscraper. And because of the unusual shape of the building - one of the facades has a concave mirror surface - the sun's rays are focused to lay down the street.
Developers 37-storey building said they intend to compensate the car owner to pay for the damage and repair the car. They also assured that carefully examine this incident and try to prevent such incidents in the future.
DailyMail
This is not the first case when the car gets damaged by reflected sunlight. According to the publication, the day before in a similar way the van suffered Vauxhall Vevaro.
However, from the glass skyscrapers suffer not only cars, but also people. In 2010, the rays reflected from the building Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, singed hair one of the guests, as well as melted plastic bag. Then the representative of the hotel said that building designers are working to solve this problem.
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Briton Martin Lindsay parked his Jaguar XJ, worth more than 70 thousand. USD., Under construction next to the glass skyscraper of 20 Fenchurch Street, and walked away for a while from the car. When the master returned, he discovered that the executive class sedan appeared melted plastic parts of the body and interior, the emblem of Jaguar, and also damaged the rear view mirror, writes The Daily Mail. The investigation revealed that the reason for this was sunlight reflected from the windows of a skyscraper. And because of the unusual shape of the building - one of the facades has a concave mirror surface - the sun's rays are focused to lay down the street.
Developers 37-storey building said they intend to compensate the car owner to pay for the damage and repair the car. They also assured that carefully examine this incident and try to prevent such incidents in the future.
DailyMail
This is not the first case when the car gets damaged by reflected sunlight. According to the publication, the day before in a similar way the van suffered Vauxhall Vevaro.
However, from the glass skyscrapers suffer not only cars, but also people. In 2010, the rays reflected from the building Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, singed hair one of the guests, as well as melted plastic bag. Then the representative of the hotel said that building designers are working to solve this problem.
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