[GH85Carrera]

Our local fire department would get bored or something, and do fire safety inspection for commercial buildings. A fire truck pulls up out front, and the entire team comes in in full bunker suits. They look for fire extinguishers, and the date tags and any fire hazards.

They asked me what steps we take in case of fire, and I said big ones towards the doors yelling call 911 we have a fire. They did not think it was as funny as I did.

One day at the photo lab where I worked I pull up in the back in my parking spot and it sounded like a big truck was backing up. I walked to the building and knew it was the multiple smoke detectors. I got inside and there was a layer of smoke from the ceiling down about 18 inches.

I ducked way down, and duck walked to the back and saw one of the processors that was on a timer to come on to be warmed up and ready by opening had turned on as designed. It was billowing smoke. The issue was the tank of chemicals it was to heat up was empty from maintenance the afternoon before. It should have been turned off at the wall with the electrical disconnect and not just the timer on off switch. The heater designed to heat 27 gallons of liquid had burned and melted the plastic tank walls. I killed it and started opening doors and the fire department arrived. The set up some huge fans to pump the smoke out and check out the processor was off.

The employee that screw up was apologetic. We had to find a guy to weld plastic to rebuild the processor tank.

It was a big mess and the 5,000 square foot building stunk of burned plastic for weeks.