Fire crits Home's Ice Shield for 9.999,999

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Fire crits Home's Ice Shield for 9.999,999

PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:26 am

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Ok, so ice isn't something I'm very familiar with getting rid of, but generally I'd think a blow torch on my home would be a bad idea under any circumstance. Apparently this guy in the news didn't... here's the story:
Man Melting Snow With Blowtorch Burns Home
Blaze Causes $30,000 In Damage

Fire officials in New Bedford, Mass., said a man using a blowtorch to melt ice on his back porch ended up setting his house on fire, causing up to $30,000 in damage.

Fire Capt. Scott Kruger told The Standard-Times of New Bedford that no on was injured during Monday's incident at the three-story home.

Kruger said the man was using a torch hooked up to a 20-pound propane cylinder. He got too close to the building's wood frame and ignited the vinyl siding. The fire quickly spread into the building's second- and third-floor apartments.

"I've never seen anything like it. I guess he got distracted and maybe turned toward the house," New Bedford Fire Department Lt. William Arnold told TV station WCVB.

It took 25 firefighters to subdue the blaze that damaged bedrooms in the upstairs units, and caused damage to the structure and wiring.

The homeowner will not be charged.
Sounds like something some of our Michiganders might do... so guys remember keep torches away from the drunks.

I can see the new warnings on propane torches now " Warning: This product is not intended for ice removal on homes, may cause side effects of fire."

PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:19 am

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LOL who knows, these days maybe he can sue the company that manufactured the torch because there was no warning on the torch for ice melting.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:40 am

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:54 am

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Blow-Torches? Really?
That is Sooooooooo last year...

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:35 pm

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Padishar wrote:SALT
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:11 pm

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A blowtorch? Really? Everyone KNOWS that napalm is MUCH more effective.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:02 am

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how about a shovel? :)
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:42 pm

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Wow.

We Canadians just use beer. Lots and lots of beer. You have enough beer, you don't care about the ice on yer porch, eh?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:51 pm

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Lilleth wrote:Wow.

We Canadians just use beer. Lots and lots of beer. You have enough beer, you don't care about the ice on yer porch, eh?

;P
Sounds like the best solution to me.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:05 pm

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True beer may work as it freezes at a lower temp then water. Though I hate alcohol ABUSE! How could you UPERS do that... oh wait I mean Canadians ;P
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:57 am

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Simple....Canadians know that Beer's rented so we drink lots of beer to melt lots of snow.
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