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Posted on 08/20/2012 5:50:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek
NAPOLEON TWP., MI -- A man using a solder iron Monday afternoon to work on his vehicle accidentally caught the pole barn he was working in on fire, destroying it and its contents.
Dick Atkins of Napoleon Township said he was working in a pole barn at his home on Cady Road on Monday trying to change a Buick into an electric vehicle.
Capt. Nate Michael of the Napoleon Township Fire Department said Atkins told him the iron became hot in his hands, he threw it down and tried to kick it away. A fire started, and Atkins called 911.
Michael said when crews from the Napoleon, Columbia, Manchester and Grass Lake township fire departments arrived shortly after 2:30 p.m., the pole barn was fully involved.
The fire destroyed the barn and its contents, including the Buick and a 2005 Town and Country and three lawn mowers.
Michael said it appeared some of the items in the garage helped contribute to the fire quickly spreading. It took crews about 15 minutes to extinguish the fire.
The fire did minimal damage to the home at 10536 Cady Road, melting some of the siding and cracking a double-pane window.
Couldn’t have been a Buick. Probably a Pontiac Firebird.
At least the taxpayers didn’t have to pay to burn his barn down. LOL
>> “ The radio shack and lowe’s weller types are notorious for overheating, melting the insulation, and going off the deep end.” <<
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I have a weller that is 44 years old, that has never gotten hot enough to be unpleasant, no matter how long I use it.
Probably much more iron in those cores. Which could be a disadvantage to a mad solderer like me.
But the Lowe’s Wellers and the Radio Shack knock offs of them that are produced nowadays will turn into fire hazards if you do the marathon sessions I do :)
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