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Old 09-07-2022, 03:13 PM   #7
hmason
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I detected a strange smell in our house. Thought it was a dead mouse. Couldn’t find it. Wife could not smell it. Next day it was worse and I began my hunt again. By 11PM I was frustrated enough to call the fire department and ask what to do. They said they would “send a man” to investigate. At 11:15PM, sirens blaring, lights flashing, arrived two fire trucks, two police cars and an ambulance! After waking the entire neighborhood they located the source. It was a computer backup battery overheated and swollen. They picked up with fireproof gloves, tossed it on the front lawn and gave it a foam bath. Don’t think twice about discarding a hot battery.
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