Re: Unexpected safety hazard

["Peter VanDerWal" <peter_v@primenet.com>]

This looks like yet another internet hoax.  I haven't been able to find
anything about a Cell-phone or Pager igniting an explosion, and I'm pretty
sure that would be a BIG news item.

I check all of the big news agencies (CNN etc.) and a place called
Firehouse.COM which just reports news about fires and firemen etc.  NADA,
not one article that mentioned cell phone setting off fires.

>I just received the following [condensed] caution about
>the use of such unassuming electronic devices as cell
>phones and pagers in the presence of explosive fumes,
>such as while refueling an ICE vehicle.
>
>I thought I'd forward it since one might unsuspectingly
>be tending their charging pack (potentially hydrogen-rich
>environment, especially with flooded PbA) while wearing a
>pager or using a cell phone... odds of an accident are small,
>but better safe than sorry.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Roger.
>