Wow. Lucky you were able to put it out.

On 2 April 2015 at 09:10, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
> In office. Door closed.
> Hear yelling from several rooms away.
> Then closer.
> Sounds exited :-).
> Get up
> Fire! Fire!. Russell !!!....
> Sounds as if she thinks I've been ignoring her.
> Grab camera, head for kitchen or wherever.
> Nice little blaze on far end of stove.
> Along most of depth of left edge.
> Decent little conflagration.
> Induction cooker sitting on stove top, with power on, had had stove-top
> element under it turned on :-).
> I missed the 'explosion' that reportedly occurred - perhaps as it shorted
> the mains input to the induction cooker.
> No fuses blown.
> Grab one of the 3 dry powder extinguishers from repository by stove.
> Recall the mess it made when I shot myself in the face with one some week=
s
> ago - stupidly designed trigger guard had come off and I was rummaging
> amongst some stuff and ...)
> Discard extinguisher.
> Fill cup with water at cold tap. Set 2nd filling.
> Hie to conflagration.
> Inroads made.
> A few more of those will be needed.
> To & fro.
> Yell to Val to get filling chain going.
> Confusion.
> Fire dwindles. Gives up.
> Blackened but not charred ceiling. Milder on walls.
> Not terrible anywhere.
> Windows that are never opened are opened.
> Seldom opened ranch slider similarly.
> Fans are found from hither and yon.
> Peace and soot descend.
> Later: Trial wet mopping of ceiling looks promising.
> Looks like some time will have to be put aside sometime :-).
>
> Photos of now dismantled and rather terminally sorry for itself cooker wi=
ll
> be sent to a friend in China who at one stage worked at an induction cook=
er
> repair factory. (I was somewhat surprised that such existed).
>
> "If I send you this can you repair it for me?"
>
> :-)
>
> Realise I had not taken any photos :-(.
> Shame - failure of my intended "any photo anywhere any-time" readiness ai=
m.
> Then realise memory card had been in reader.
> Then recall thumbing empty slot and closing access door as I hurried
> firewards.
> I have no memory of drawing conclusions re card being missing or deciding
> camera was not useful but guess I may have done so 'on the fly'.
>
>
>
>      Russell
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