Cappy
Would be Luthier
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One great thing to keep an eye out for anywhere is WIRE WOOL - yikes !! it only takes the merest spark and it's away. Someone I know nearly burnt his barn down having finished some angle grinding and wandering off. I noticed smoke issuing from underneath a bench 6 foot away from where he had been working and lo and behold a cardboard box of wire wool was well alight.
As an aside, swarf is about the most dangerous cargo to carry on a ship - aside from the more obvious gas, chemical and oil cargoes. The problem is that the cutting oil can decompose and spontaneously combust. Because the steel swarf has such a large surface area in relationship to it's mass so it too will start to heat up and eventually burn. The cargo is therefore carefully monitored for a rise in temperature and should this happen the advice is to head for the nearest port, nothing to do about fighting the fire, just get the hell out of it
As an aside, swarf is about the most dangerous cargo to carry on a ship - aside from the more obvious gas, chemical and oil cargoes. The problem is that the cutting oil can decompose and spontaneously combust. Because the steel swarf has such a large surface area in relationship to it's mass so it too will start to heat up and eventually burn. The cargo is therefore carefully monitored for a rise in temperature and should this happen the advice is to head for the nearest port, nothing to do about fighting the fire, just get the hell out of it