Huh, don't tell ][<en, but I started a fire in old board substrate with 
a grinder, cutting a copper clad cornice during a probe. It was tinder 
dry underneath and I got a whiff of smoke and a second later, ignition 
as I lifted out the copper piece. Scared the effin $$*&# out of me. Good 
thing I was a freak about having drinking water on the job, even if I 
was 6 stories off the ground in a bucket- I quick opened it up and put 
the fire out, went thirsty for the rest of the day. Felt like a total 
dummie.   :-)

~deb


Jim Hicks wrote:
> The fire started with a soldering iron? There's something not being talked
> about here.
> I've done a lot of soldering in my day & I don't see how the iron started
> the fire. Maybe if they were using a blow torch.
> Jim Hicks
>   

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