Welders spark small hospital fire

From The Lowell Sun, another reminder about how easy it is to cause a fire when you're welding...

CONCORD -- A Concord fireman lived up to his duty while on a “welding detail” at a New England Deaconess medical facility yesterday, where he extinguished a fire sparked by welding materials., Capt. Donald Prentiss said a firefighter was on a detail at the 100 Newbury Court facility, just in case any fire started while construction crews were performing welding on a major addition to the existing facility.

Falling slag from the ongoing welding sparked a small fire about 9 a.m., and the detail firefighter quickly put it out, containing damage to the immediate area where the fire started, Prentiss said.

The blaze was controlled quick enough that it didn't even set off smoke alarms. A full crew of on-duty firefighters still responded to make sure all hot spots were out and that the fire hadn't spread, but found that all was well.
No one was hurt.