short-circuit 短路

short-circuit
繁：短路
简：短路

沙田沙角邨前晚發生奪命火警，消防在單位救出一對昏迷父子，當中7歲兒子返魂乏術，父親則命危。消防調查後相信是屋內門邊一部電動滑板車短路起火。

電滑板車短路焚宅 子死父危疑充電爆炸 專家料沒自動斷電裝置（2020年3月1日）。明報，取自https://news.mingpao.com/pns/港聞/article/20200301/s00002/1582999411214/

A short-circuit from an electric scooter was suspected to have caused a fire at a Hong Kong public housing flat on Friday, killing a seven-year-old boy.

Short-circuit from electric scooter suspected to be cause of fire at Hong Kong public housing flat. (2020, February 29). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3053009/short-circuit-electric-scooter-might-have-triggered-fire