Motor Home burns

loboclone wrote:
#1 cause of RV Fires is the propane fueled Fridge, next question.

Accurate statistics are hard to find, but this quote seems to be pretty consistent with other available data:

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), fire departments, RV repair shops, and insurance carriers estimate there are approximately 6,300 RV fires annually. Deaths resulting from RV fires are estimated at 5 to 20 each year and RV Alliance America statistics show half of fires erupt while the RV is parked.

While the causes of RV fires vary widely, there are identifiable trends. Engine and electrical fires are consistently the greatest cause of loss. Engine compartments, including electrical, flammable-combustible gases and liquids, are the cause of origin roughly 70 percent of the time.

Tires and brakes are the culprit in almost 20 percent of fires. Some of the worst fires are those caused when one tire of a dual or tandem pair goes flat and then scuffs and ignites, long before the driver feels any change in handling.

RV Fire Safety

Here's an account of the rescue. It seems the woman was trying to rescue her cat and became unconscious:

http://www.firehouse.com/news/12116382/woman-rescued-from-burning-rv-in-mount-pocono

Bob Vaughn wrote:
My though would be a propane leak inside the MH and the refrigerator ignited it....

Your thought would be wrong.

The stoichiometric mixture of propane is around 15.5 to 1, long before it reached the point of going boom you'd be gagging on the mercaptan in the leaking propane.

loboclone wrote:
#1 cause of RV Fires is the propane fueled Fridge, next question.

Oooh! I have one! Do you know for sure that's what happened in this case?

"RV fires" lumps in travel trailers. As mentioned previously, motorhomes add a whole lot more hot, whirling things that can fail.

#1 cause of RV Fires is the propane fueled Fridge, next question.

Dayum! I missed that one somehow. Glad no one got seriously hurt.

I, too, wonder how many signs you have to not notice before the thing is totally engulfed in flames. Brakes smell hot? Smoke? Anything unusual? My brother's trailer went up in a propane leak/fridge fire. I'd like to think that in my Class A I would notice something awry before that kind of thing happened. But...I'm sure that's what that guy thought too.

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20150918/NEWS/150919439



Check out the video. The trailblazer was on a dolly behind the class c. The videographer panicked once the trailblazer broke lose from the dolly and rolled free out of control with flames blazing.

It happened in my area. A trailblazer caught on fire as well. I'll try to find the video.

One report I read said it was caused by the rear brakes overheating. The driver said be was unable to apply the parking brake once stopped thus the reason it rolled out of control down the hill. Scarry non the less and by the Gods good grace no injuries.

The fire started at the rear of the coach either in the engine compartment or from overheated rear brakes, likely going unnoticed until it had a good start. Like about 75% of all vehicle fires, this one was engine or drive line related.