An American Dream goes up in smoke
Approximately three weeks ago a local RVer lost her husband. She decided to get away in the Motorhome that she and her husband enjoyed for a number of years together. Yesterday morning she left west...
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John&Joey wrote:
Last spring I stopped off for a few days at an RV (mostly Class A) salvage yard in Carthage, MO. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY WERE BURNT!!! There were 100's of dead MH with 1/3 to 1/2 having some fire damage.
Didn't matter gas or diesel, cheap or spendy, old or new, they all burnt. Most were in the kitchen area the rest in the rear. Very few had damage up front, not even the gassers.
Check your smoke detectors, and keep a fire extinguisher handy.
Two weeks ago, I saw a new(ish?) Class C go up in flames at the CG I was staying at.
They were servicing the LP and on this particular model, the LP tank was located directly below the exterior panel for the refrigerator.
Apparently, the owners failed to shut off the refer before CG staff started to refill the LP. CG staff followed their procedure and turned off the LP at the tank before starting to service the LP. This starved the fridge of LP and the flame extinguished. At this point, the fridge did what any other fridge in LP mode would do: it began the re-ignition sequence...tick tick tick tick....When CG staff started venting the tank, BOOM. The entire right side of the coach went up. The fire rapidly spread up the interior wall at the fridge vent. The whole thing was involved in less than a minute. Of course, this was all immediately adjacent to the coach entry door, so the entire family, who were inside the coach at the time, were trapped inside. They eventually all piled out through the driver's side door.
A lot of mistakes were made in this case, but suffice to say, it was very scary to witness. These things really do go up in a heartbeat.
