Well last Thursday I was in our shop getting ready to paint my truck, I have a makeshift paint booth inside of our shop and I was wiping my pickup with degreaser. I had 2 fans going and my radio was on when burning insulation started to fall around me so I ran outside and shouted to my mom in our house to call the fire department and turned around and was going back into our shop but the whole roof was on fire and It was too thick of smoke to go back in.

But anyways the building burned up in about a half our and was a total loss including my truck. We don'nt know what caused it, It is heated with a wood stove but that was not the cause of it. ANy ways the moral of the story is have a door on both ends of your garage because another 2 min. in there and I would have been trapped on the far end.

JUst ahve to start over I guess I already found another truck to buy so things are starting to look up.



Colter

 

That’s terrible news, but I’m glad you’re all right.

 

WOW! Tough break but glad you are okay...

Vern

 

Thank goodness you are allright. Sheetmetal can always be replaced, people can't.

That beign said.....

......THAT SUCKS!!!!! What a major bummer!

Good luck on your new project
Bobby

 

Life can suck at times. Starting over is no picnic either. I make sure I have 2-3 fire extinquisher handy in the garage. My buddy even installed a fire sprinkler system in his garage to avoid what happened to you. Sorry to hear the bad news.

 

Thankfully you are ok, Henry made a whole s*** load of these trucks, there's another one out there with YOUR name on it

 

Just be sure the fire extinguishers are ABC and at least 5# size. Anything smaller is a false sense of security and are just a joke when a fire breaks out they wouldn't put out a small wastebasket, you might as well spit at the fire. Mount them next to the doors where you can grab them on the way out and one close to where you work with heat and/or flamables. Better yet is a water spigot outside with a hose long enough to reach all around the building and a nozzle attached. While on the subject buy a heavy metal trashcan with a tight fitting lid, put it outside the shop and use it to dispose of any and all oily, greasy and solvent soaked rags or paper towels. Never throw them in a pile or into a plastic pail or can inside. Never smoke or allow anyone else to smoke in the shop! Never store gas powered equipment, gasoline, or large quantities of solvents in the shop or if you must, store them in metal cans inside a metal cabinet.
As Colter found out, plan an escape route out should the door(s) be blocked, always drop to the floor and crawl out once smoke starts filling the building. Sorry for your loss guy, but I'm glad everyone was safe.

 

Glad to see that YOU are in 1 piece & Not injured.
I've had 3rd degree flashburns on the whole rightside of my face from an explosion back in '87, trust me, you getting out when you did was for the best.

2 years ago our neighbor across the street from the house we rented had the same thing happened w/ thier garage, I was the 1st to notice the whirlwind of fire & smoke as it burst through the roof & call the F.D.
I attempted to get into thier R.V. that was parked to close to the garage door & move it when the fire burst through it & torched the front of the R.V. just as I was about to open the drivers door, the force of the blast almost knocked me down.
It turns out after the Arson Investigation was completed that Rats had chewed through the insulation on the wiring in the attic & that was what caused the fire.
You might find something similar has happened.

 

In my case a fire ext. would have been no good, our shop has no rafters and is 20 some feet at the peek and I did have 2 of them in there.



Colter

 

Wow, sorry to hear you lost the truck, but I'm glad you are ok the truck can be replaced.

 

sorry to here about the truck! good to here your o.k. hope you had good insurance.

 

My family went through that with a neighbour. They came bangin' on our door that they're house was on fire at 355am one morning. It was a tough go to get things back to normal. Took a year to get their house rebuilt. Thankfully no persons or pets were injured.

I'm glad no one was injured in your fire.

 

Glad to hear you are ok, Had a similar expeirence but was able to push the car out of the garage in time along with some tools. Situation sucks but life could be worse

Kyle

 

I think everone that responded prior to me said it, glad you are ok! We just have to go on and make the best of what we can.

 

Too bad about the truck; good trucks are getting hard to find.