In february we had a fire near the vent connector of our fireplace. No=20 visible fire, but a lot of smoke around the house. Needed to break into=20 a wall to find fire and estinguish it. We're still trying to make the smoke smell go away :/ Hope you're luckier. Rossano Il 01. 04. 15 22:10, RussellMc ha scritto: > 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 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .