Johno02 wrote:
A situation occurred a number of years ago, in which one RV caught fire. It was at an event, and a number of RVs were all parked very close due to limited parking for the event. As I remember, a whole row of RVs all sent up in the fire. a number of people were injured, but I don't know about deaths.
You would think that someone in that row of burning RV's would start theirs up, and drive away! I can understand leaving a fifth wheel where it is, as getting back to it and hitching up might take a minute or two, but I can get my RV moving faster than leaving the coach if the neighbor's is on fire!
I would hope that fire regulations would prevent coaches being parked so close together that none of them could be moved out in case of an emergency! But I have seen them parked very close together in a race event.
My buddy had his A/C freon line break while in bumper to bumper traffic on the busy 605 Freeway many years ago, just east of Long Beach. A truck had overturned on the bridge in front of him, and nobody was moving anywhere. Once the freon line broke, and a huge plume of smoke came out of his engine compartment, and it stopped smoking about 45 seconds later, there was no cars near him! I guess they all found someplace to go!
Some people will not exit the freeway for any reason while in bumper to bumper traffic. It is amazing that they will sit in all that traffic for hours on end!
Fred.
