We got an emergency call from a regular customer advising they needed an electrician ASAP becaue of an electrical problem, and the FD was on scene! Upon arrival it was obvious there had been a fire. [in the basement] The area burned was at a wall outlet where it appears a radio was plugged in. [melted glob of plastic] Our investigation revealed there was a 'handyman' there trying to fixure out why a CB would not reset. He kept resetting the breaker and it would dead short eveytime. He said he figured if he kept doing that "it would eventually clear itself" Well it did, sort of. The FD and the customer were told what happened and that contractor was terminated on the spot. Another handyman bites the dust!!
