A near-disaster

It could have ended in disaster. Last Saturday, while the guys were fitting the flooring in the extension, we kept noticing a strange burning smell. Initially, we put it down to the sanding of the staircase, which had happened earlier that morning. However, an hour later, the smell of burning wood was still hanging in the air and it was time to investigate. It turned out one of the joiners had switched on a transformer, used for one of the big saws. What nobody had noticed were the halogen worklights attached to the transformer. It wouldn't normally have been a problem - if the lights weren't propped up against the wall! The end result: a scorched plasterboard. If the wall had been made of anything else, we would have had a very large pile of ash to play with...