Kind of important to keep your Gas powered summer stuff like lawn mowers,
tillers etc. a good distance from your welding area. Learned the hard way
1960 Bugeye
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut@comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:01 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Garage Fire
> People
> If you do not have a fire extinguisher in your garage, STOP what you are
> doing and go buy one.
> I was doing some minor welding to those typical cracks on the inside of
> a Bugeye door, my garbage can was 8-9 feet away from what I was welding.
> My back was to the can and I had a welding helmet on.
> Apparently a spark flew into the garbage can and it was fully engulfed
> in flames by the time I noticed it.
> Instinct told me to start blowing it out and that didn't work.
> Thank God I have 3 fire extinguishers in my garage, 1 at the chemical
> shelf, 1 at the base of the stairs, and 1 upstairs.
> A quick squirt with one and the can fire was out.
> I could have been a disaster as my outside water is turned off for the
> winter.
> You can not blow out a 3' high flame, and plastic trash bags and cans
> burn real well, not to mention who knows what combustibles were in the
> can, empty brake clean can, empty bondo can, paper towels, a dry but
> used up thinners rag, lots of bondo dust, etc.
> Make sure you have a fire extinguisher near your work area.
> Also speaking of fire safety, NEVER use a drop light near a fuel pump,
> gas tank, or carb.
> Get a flouresent light or a cordless LED light.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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