Wednesday, August 15, 2007

It's Hot in Texas

Mulch at Arlington school spontaneously combusts | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "ARLINGTON — Arlington school district will spend $200,000 replacing wood chips with pea gravel at 35 playgrounds in response to a fire blamed on spontaneous combustion of the wood fiber, the superintendent said.

Surveillance video showed that nobody was around to start the fire at an elementary school playground last week, officials said. The fire melted the plastic and metal equipment, causing $35,000 in damage.

'It was a very unusual occurrence,' Superintendent Mac Bernd said Monday."

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