Re: Unexpected safety hazard

[Robert McDonald <s348607@student.uq.edu.au>]

Hi Peter,
This is not a hoax!!!  All petrol stations in Australia have had
warnings about mobile phones next to their pumps for quite a few
years... maybe 5 or more?  I've never heard of an actual incident
happening though.

I'm surprised the USA hasn't heard of this yet!

Cheers,
Rob.

Peter VanDerWal wrote:
> 
> 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.
> >