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Speaking of fire, the following information might be of interest:

INDUSTRIAL LOADER AND FORKLIFT FIRES
(NFPA) Marty Ahrens, January 2009


"NFPA estimates that in 2003-2006, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated total of 1,340 structure and vehicle fires per year in which industrial loaders or forklifts were directly involved in ignition. These fires caused an estimated average of 22 civilian injuries, and $36 million in direct property damage per year. Ninety-one percent of the fires were coded as vehicle fires. These vehicle fires occurred in a wide variety of properties. Almost two-thirds of these fires originated in the vehicle's engine area running gear or wheel area. These estimates are based on data from Version 5.0 of the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA's) annual fire department experience survey."

Google: nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/ForkliftExecSum.pdf
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