BBC reporting not to leave hand sanitiser in cars!

BBC reporting not to leave hand sanitiser in cars!

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Squadrone Rosso

2,740 posts

146 months

Wednesday 24th June 2020
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Emergency services & public sector have been issued with this advice.

Teddy Lop

8,294 posts

66 months

Wednesday 24th June 2020
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CoolHands said:
The actual pic of the fire in the passenger door used in that made-up newsletter, was doing the rounds on Facebook a while ago. That’s how you know it’s total bullst. Bbc are dheads
I'd have thought if one was gonna pop it'd more likely be one left on the dashboard rather than a door pocket? (Spot the van driver with the obligatory 35lbs of crap on the dash)

21st Century Man

40,660 posts

247 months

Thursday 25th June 2020
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Squadrone Rosso said:
Emergency services & public sector have been issued with this advice.
Which just goes to show how bad many aspects of Hi-Vis Jobsworth H&S has become when stuff like this isn't fact checked. The NHS one above for example, they think the flashpoint is the same as the autoignition point, when there's hundreds of degrees between them.

eltawater

3,107 posts

178 months

Thursday 25th June 2020
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National Fire Chiefs Council have put NHS Property Services in their place.

https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/News/debunki...

CoolHands

18,496 posts

194 months

Thursday 25th June 2020
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I bet (without checking) that pic has previously been used as a mobile phone lithium fire scare story. Do you remember when they were doing the rounds? Samsungs igniting mid-flight etc

Ari

Original Poster:

19,328 posts

214 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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Staggering isn't it? I expect the BBC will move on to how burglars are marking houses to let other burglars know whether there's an alarm or dogs. Public spirited folks these burglars, always looking out for one another rolleyes

Beati Dogu

8,862 posts

138 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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I'm sure they were mostly peaceful vehicle fires.

Buzz84

1,138 posts

148 months

Monday 29th June 2020
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I left a half full bottle in the small change square on the center console of my car the other day when it was 34c outside, the bottle has deformed and taken the shape of the rectangular pocket at the bottom of the bottle and the top has ballooned outwards.

Squirted a bit on my hand and the gel felt like lava (i imagine...)

Terminator X

14,921 posts

203 months

Monday 29th June 2020
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Teddy Lop said:
I've had mini bottles of hand sanitizer in the van for years...
Same here + wife all of a sudden worried about it! Don't watch so much BS telly as I keep telling her.

TX.