RE: Heated Propane

["Ian J Haseltine" <Jim_Haseltine@classic.msn.com>]

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From: 	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net on behalf of Phil Payne

>In message <s4670922.024@mannlawfirm.com> BRUCE writes:

>> BTW, don't heat nitrous tanks, ok?  If you do you are an idiot and may 
>>well 
>> die from being stupid.  Proper disclaimer / warning?

>Same goes for propane - IMO one of the most dangerous substances in >common 
use, 
>if mishandled.

We have had a couple of instances of propane being used for property 
protection in Yorkshire in the last year or so. It seems that the practice of 
locking up easily stolen items in steel cargo containers for protection on 
unattended sites has actually made things easier for the thieves, as all the 
stuff is in one place and all they have to do is cut through the walls. To 
stop this, propane canisters have been 'stored' inside the containers up 
against the walls, with the result that any attempt to cut through with oxy or 
portable power saws ends rather quickly in a big flash. In one case, the 
police were able to trace the culprit by a kind of 'pin the tail on the 
donkey', matching the fingers found at the crime scene with their list of 
suspects.

Jim Haseltine
88 Ur quattro