9volt battery

Worth watching - House Fires Caused By Storage of 9 Volt batte ries

Why, what better place than the junk drawer in the kitchen?

This video is from the CBS television station in Boston, MA and i ts an eye opener!

Wait till you see how easily a fire can start with a 9 Volt battery.

Please click at this link to watch video:

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NH Fire Marshal Warns About ‘Junk Drawer’ Items After Amh erst Blaze

LONDONDERRY, NH 8/8/2012 (CBS) – New Hampshire’s Fire M arshal is warning people after a fire at an Amherst, New Hamps hire home that is being blamed on a battery, paper clips, post-it

notes, and other items stashed in a junk drawer.

The prongs of the battery, a 9-volt, apparently came in contact with a metal item and some paper. The metal item conducted th e battery current, and the paper worked as fuel.

On Wednesday, Londonderry Fire Chief Mac Caffrie demonstrat ed for WBZ-TV just how it can happen.

“The potential is there,” Chief Caffrie said. “There are a lot of things in a normal junk drawer that do burn, and apparently the ignition source was a 9 volt battery.”

The battery warning surprised homeowners. Pat Kelley didn’t r ealize her junk drawer was full of things that could cause a fire.

“We didn’t know that. My husband nor I would even think of t hat,” she admitted.

Kelley says she’ll now heed the Fire Marshal’s warning, and se parate her 9-volts from other items.

Chief Caffrie points out there are other easy solutions.

“Just take a piece of electrical tape and put it across the battery, ” he said. (用電氣膠布，包裹電池)

A simple move like that can protect your house from a very real risk.