Why not to use portable heater while driving

It very clearly WAS a propane heater.. He stated as much to either the fire dept or to the reporter and that information was clearly included in the article.

IF you MUST heat the house while driving, My first choice is the furnace. I know the insurance companies say to turn off the propane tank before driving but frankly I disagree with them.

Second is to run the genny and use tip over protected cube heaters. These shut off if turned over or sideways..

Over temp protected is next on the list.

Of course not running off the road helps too.

The following is a list of conditions under which I would use a portable, non-vented, PROPANE heater inside a motor home:

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This is why I love my oil-filled electric heater - NO VISIBLE FLAME - NO VISIBLE RED HOT CORE - NO BURNT DUST SMELL - NO NOISE...

Has to be very RV safe around curtains and rug rats...

The only down side I have ever encountered was when someone turns them UP to full heat setting and overloads their cords/receptacles/breakers etc...

I run mine no higher than a mid sitting #3 I think it is...

Been most safe for us over the past ten years of using them in our RV's. I have an oil-filled heater ON as we speak in my parked OFF-ROAD POPUP using one of those Cold Weather Thermo Cube Thermostatically Controlled Outlets model TC-3 that comes 'ON' at 35 degrees and goes 'OFF' at 45 degrees.

Just my thoughts...
Roy Ken

Fortunately nobody was injured. However, seems like every time I loaned things they came back damaged.

Propane heaters that aren't bolted down are dangerous, especially in an RV. Pets can knock them over, an RV just moving around by wind when parked can cause heaters to tip over.

Oh wow, this is a few minutes away from my house .better pay a visit to my storage yard,.

The man, who wasn't identified, lives in the area and the motor home belonged to a friend, Sullivan said.

Former friend now? I can just picture them on Judge Judy.

It said the heater "turned over". He must have been using some small protable heater instead of the main furnace.

Very similar thing happened at a renaissance faire I was going to a few years ago. On a patron's pop-up, their heater caught fire on some bedding, and because of the 16 ounce propane bottles stored inside, it made a nice crater. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, and their rig was far enough away that it didn't spread far once the firefighters put it out.