And when they go they make your average TV failure look like a picnic. Though, to be fair, an old tube could do some pretty bad stuff if mechanically damaged.
And I guess the TV tube was also more likely to just kill the person working on it, not random people who live in your building. (Still not a great outcome, but better if the only person who dies is the only person who actively consented to the risks.) A lithium fire is gonna spread pretty quickly.
Quite. The hard part is to realize - up front, hopefully - that all of your normal firefighting instincts aren't going to work and have a good chance of making things worse.
