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Unread 26-09-2006, 17:00
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Re: pic: Canadian Carnage

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Originally Posted by Jane
I would like to know as well. In one of the photos, the medic photo, I think, everyone looks very serious and concerned.
Yup, this was definitely one of the scariest moments I've ever seen at competition. About halfway into autonomous mode there was a burst of flames (yup, flames) and a huge amount smoke from the 1114 robot. I was the first one to see it, so I called out to the head ref and scorers table to kill the match. Field Supervisor Bill Leeder carefully entered the field along with myself and Mike Diramio who was our "IFI guy" for the weekend. Team 1680 mentor Brad Ziegler who also happens to be a fire fighter was on the scene as well. Our main concern was making sure we could extinguish this blaze before it got to the battery. Thankfully once power was killed, the smoke died down.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped ensure that there was a safe resolution to this dangerous situation.
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