Do you know you could burn down your lovely homes, assets, properties in just a minute out of sheer carelessness and would point an accusing finger at someone else? I think you will want to know what could cause this fire.
Just recently, a friend of mine almost burned down his entire duplex. He had to call for a fire department because the fire was out of control.
He insisted on help through a phone call.
Him: have a fire. I need a fire department here.
The operator: Inside your house?
Him: Yes, inside my house.
Operator: hang up the phone and evacuate the residence.
The newly furnished four bedrooms and three bathrooms with a nice kitchen were destroyed. You won't believe what caused the fire — an ordinary 9VOLTS BATTERY like this kind we all have in our homes. Wow! That's amazing!
Please you could drop your comments about this article about how you feel too.
"I never thought in million years that could be the cause of the fire." Mr. David expressed in amazement.
Meanwhile, David Meller made a habit of tossing old battery in a paper bag in his garage, and his recycling leather including the 9volts he used in all his smoke detectors. But little did he know that there is a small but hidden DANGER.
9volts battery can cause a fire in a very unexpected way. It can happen when metals like steel walls touch the positive and negative terminals at the same time, creating a current. This can cause sparks and heat.
If you put a 9volts battery, this is what you get.
Just check out the videos online. 9volts are used as a quick method to start fires outdoors.
One of the batteries came in contact with another and...that's how the fire was generated in the garage.
Fire investigators dug through the rubble in the garage and found the burned-out batteries. They could see the outline – the square shape of the case and another battery.
So how dangerous can these batteries be?
To demonstrate, we gave NASAL county Bew York fire marshal making a menace simulating fire that can break out inside anybody's junk drawer.
According to his statement, he made an emphasis on the cause of the fire.
"When a battery is in a drawer comes in contact with a metal wool, that's where the sparks can occur and a fire can happen.
first, the drawer smokes, and then quickly goes up in flames". He enlightened the more.
You can see a simple fire in a kitchen drawer how quickly it can extend to involve the while carbonate and the upper cabinets and cause amazing devastation very quickly.
SAFETY TIPS
There are steps you can take to avoid a fire.
- First, always keep batteries in their packages before use.
- Secondly, don't carry the battery in your pocket. Keys and coins can short the battery.
- Thirdly, cover the terminals of all loose batteries with electrical gape.
