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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / November 2007Canadian couple's RV blows up in Salt Lake City
http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=62985 "So this morning, Mary Makowishuck (mick-cow-a-shuck) went to lite the stove to start breakfast as usual... "Willie and Hazel Baerg "ALL THE SUDDEN WE HAD THIS BANG, AND IT HIT OUR MOTOR HOME AND BROKE OUR DOOR, AND I LOOKED OUT AND THEIR MOTORHOME WAS IN PIECES!" "A propane tank blew-up...." Told you so. Harry Harris  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com "Salt Lake County fire officials tell us explosions like this only happen about once a year." >http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=62985 > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Harry Harris --- Don Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet.com '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty Forgot to add: Since this was in 2004, it should be easy for you to find us the ones from 2005, 2006, and 2007, right? >http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=62985 > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Harry Harris --- Don Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet.com '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty >Forgot to add: > >Since this was in 2004, it should be easy for you to find us the ones >from 2005, 2006, and 2007, right? I live in Mesa, AZ, arguably one of the highest density of RVs in the country. I have 2 parked along side my stick/brick. I have NEVER HEARD OF a propane explosion here in 46 years. I will not say it doesn't happen but the incidence is less than that of roller coaster deaths or those from lime disease. > I live in Mesa, AZ, arguably one of the highest density of RVs in the > country. I have 2 parked along side my stick/brick. I have NEVER > HEARD OF a propane explosion here in 46 years. I will not say it > doesn't happen but the incidence is less than that of roller coaster > deaths or those from lime disease. Theres been a couple of fires on the road. One caught fire on I-17 north of Black Canyon City. Another years ago caught fire at Sunflower on the beeline highway. Both started brush fires on the hillsides but no injuries. It's pretty rare. >> I live in Mesa, AZ, arguably one of the highest density of RVs in the >> country. I have 2 parked along side my stick/brick. I have NEVER [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >on the beeline highway. Both started brush fires on the hillsides but >no injuries. It's pretty rare. RV fires are actually fairly common (as are car fires, and house fires). I'm aware of many over the past few years. I'm aware of 4 in the past 3 years belonging to people I'm acquainted with, 3 of which burned the vehicles completely to the ground. What is important in this context is that, as with most RV fires, they had no propane cause, and in none of the cases even where there was nothing left but twisted chassis metal, did the propane tanks explode. Note that "common" does not mean that they occur to a high percentage of owners, whether RV, car, or house. There are large numbers of all 3 in this country, so occurrences can be "common" while still being statistically rare. --- Don Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet.com '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty >>> I live in Mesa, AZ, arguably one of the highest density of RVs in the >>> country. I have 2 parked along side my stick/brick. I have NEVER [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >'90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" >towing '07 Jeep Liberty My niece's in-laws had a $400K unit burn out from under them. Total loss. The propane tank survived as did its contents. So did the insurance policy. Cause-electrical short. dean >> I live in Mesa, AZ, arguably one of the highest density of RVs in the >> country. I have 2 parked along side my stick/brick. I have NEVER [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >on the beeline highway. Both started brush fires on the hillsides but >no injuries. It's pretty rare. Catching fire is NOT a propane explosion! I have used up 3-fire extinguishers in putting out fires on the road in the last 44 years. Not one was caused by propane. The closest was started by spontaneous combustion in a stock truck which had hauled cattle. The resulting BS and straw combined with a proper mix of water and caught fire. We managed to put it out in time. I think the key word in this whole f.cking thread is BS! |
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