Lol... Yesterday I read this thread and decided to do a burn of my ceramic. Took my Ody apart, put in a new ceramic, reassembled, and proceeded to burn the old one. As I was placing the old ceramic on a block of aluminum on my desk, I slipped and it fell into my briefcase/camera bag (a Tenba Messenger - medium). The ceramic was hot so it meted a hole straight through four layers of Nylon and two layers of medium density urethane foam. I had to grab it with pliers!
I redid the burn, but now I have a hole in my case!
Sorry to hear it I melted a shammy in the same way kinda. Now I have a bottle of vodka to quench it on hand always.