Hi
Two nights ago we had an Element console (first generation) self-immolate while in a roadcase in a storage locker.
The fire was contained by sprinklers & FDNY to that and one neighboring room also destroying an Ion board and some other equipment. (Storage building is conveniently down the block from a station with the FDNY museum!).
Source was definitely the cased Element - there was no external source of heat or power in the storage locker.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happening before? Is this a risk we should be aware of going forward or just a freak incident?
Thoughts on cause?
NOTE: I'm asking because I'M freaked out by this - I've been an ETC console user since the first 1980's IDEA, have never heard of such a thing. Comments will in not be cited in any way or be used in what no doubt will be a difficult discussion with our insurers.
