A reminder to be careful

Engineer drops tool, slices 70,000 telephone lines
LONDON--Around 70,000 Telewest subscribers lost their phone
lines on Tuesday after an engineer dropped a spanner while
fixing some equipment at the cable company's offices in
Scotland.
The spanner landed on some batteries, starting a fire that took
down the 70,000 phone lines. Customers were unable to make or
receive calls from 2.30pm, and although most businesses were
reconnected that afternoon many residential customers were cut
off until midnight, according to the Edinburgh Evening News.
Telewest's offices were evacuated and a fire engine called, but
a special fire prevention system reportedly managed to
extinguish the blaze. --Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK