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AT&T Confirms Second VRAD Fire

Phil Harvey writes on Light Reading:

The AT&T Inc. investigation into an exploding VRAD cabinet may be over, but (sadly for my editors) the story lives on.

The carrier this morning has provided details of a second incident involving Avestor's batteries, the ones that were said to be the cause of an October 2006 broadband equipment cabinet explosion in suburban Houston.

The initial VRAD (video-ready access device) explosion occurred in the 8200 block of Clover Gardens Drive. This second incident, a VRAD that caught fire but didn't explode, happened in January 2007 -- "20 miles away" from the first mishap, according to AT&T. Light Reading hasn't been able to determine the exact address. Yet.

posted by Fergie @ 8/24/2007 12:28:00 PM