Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Internet2 Taken Out by Stray Cigarette

Posted by samzenpus on from the only-you-can-stop-internet-fires dept.

AlHunt writes "A fire started by a homeless man knocked out service between Boston and New York on the experimental Internet2 network Tuesday night. Authorities say the fire, which also disrupted service on the Red Line subway, started around 8:20 p.m. when a homeless man tossed a lit cigarette. The cigarette landed on a mattress, which ignited and led to a two-alarm fire."

2 of 315 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This is why we need tougher safety standards... by aussie_a · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This isn't directed at you as you're simply being funny, but the mod who either abused the system and modded you informative or thought you were serious: Of course the newly imposed standards didn't work in this case. If a mattress is lying around for a homeless guy to burn, then its probably old, made BEFORE the standards were imposed. Duh!

  2. Re:G0d@|\/|N smokers! by Nimey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Broken beer bottles don't start fires, like the big forest fires we've had out west for the last few years and some in Australia as well.

    It's stupid of fsckwits to litter, but beer bottles will at most burst some tires. They generally don't have capability to kill people.

    --
    Hail Eris, full of mischief...

    E pluribus sanguinem