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Mythbusters did a segment on that, showing no risk under normal
circumstances. i forgot the details but it took some specific conditions
and a HUGE amount of charcoal for it to self ingnite.
Pascal
miami,fl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <>
To: "Larry DeMers" <>; "Bob Clinkenbeard"
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Cc: <>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: charcoal instead of gas
>
> One cargo APL would not carry on their container ships was charcoal.
>
> The story I heard was that one dark night the lookout on the bridge wing
> asked the mate on watch to step out side with him for a moment.
> Indicating
> the stack of containers nearby the lookout asked the mate if he saw
> anything unusual. He did. One of the containers was glowing red. It
> contained charcoal. They rigged fire hoses to keep the adjacent
> containers
> cool until they could remove it.
>
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