Pyro-technics?

today was an interesting and freaky day at work...

we were using a hoist to lift a patient, when we noticed sparks coming from the hoist, suddenly there was smoke everywhere and then... whoosh flames... the hoist had caught alight...

i discovered that electrical fires smell really bad... and the smoke stays on your clothes...

luckily the patient didn't get hurt.
i just inhaled a lot of smoke, which of course made my cough worse :\

the sparks and fire was kinda pretty thou...