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janmcn 01-15-2014 11:58 AM

Fire in Hillsborough
 
According to The Villages on-line news, a patio villa in Hillsborough was totally engulfed in flames overnight. The fire occured at 2:00am Wed. The house and car in the garage were a total loss, as well as damage to siding of the house next door. The patio villa was occupied by renters, who escaped unharmed. The cause of the fire is thought to be electrical.

Article and photos at TV on-line news.

Phanatic Luvr 01-15-2014 12:04 PM

Fire was on Viscaya, about the 4th or 5th house in on the right side.
Hubby saw it and said there was a car and two golf carts in the garage which were totally destroyed. Said by the looks of it, the fire may have started in the garage.

graciegirl 01-15-2014 12:07 PM

I am guessing an electric golf cart. I feel so bad for the owners and grateful that the renters escaped unharmed.


Thank you for telling us Jan.

Cobh521 01-15-2014 12:54 PM

We live in Hillsborough and went to see the house this morning. We can only thank God that no one was injured. The house, car, and two golf carts are a total loss. The house next door also had their siding melt. It does appear that the fire started in the garage. The wall between the garage and kitchen in totally blown out. Our thoughts are with the owners and the renters

Nipper 01-15-2014 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 812359)
I am guessing an electric golf cart. I feel so bad for the owners and grateful that the renters escaped unharmed.


Thank you for telling us Jan.

I know someone who had a very bad fire in her villa that started in the garage. After investigation, it was blamed on electrical wiring. I saw the totally destroyed breaker panel. A lot of the house fires in TV seem to originate in the garage --- and the electric golf carts are not the cause.

jimbo2012 01-15-2014 09:37 PM

Let's not start jumping to conclusions as to a golf cart as the source.

e-flyer 01-15-2014 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 812721)
Let's not start jumping to conclusions as to a golf cart as the source.

Agree, it doesn't do any good to guess as to what the cause was, that is in the hands of the Fire Inspectors to determine. No sense getting folks worked up about faulty wiring or golf carts. Very sad for the owners and renters, they both lost property.

nitehawk 01-16-2014 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 812359)
I am guessing an electric golf cart. I feel so bad for the owners and grateful that the renters escaped unharmed.


Thank you for telling us Jan.

this is how rumors get started - people forget you said "i am guessing"

dsned 01-16-2014 07:29 AM

so why so many fires in the garages? Why so many fires starting in garages with electric golf cart? Maybe these houses are not properly wired for charging electric carts?

graciegirl 01-16-2014 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dsned (Post 812820)
so why so many fires in the garages? Why so many fires starting in garages with electric golf cart? Maybe these houses are not properly wired for charging electric carts?



https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...rt-fire-65669/


https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...e-video-59040/


https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...78/index3.html




Remember, I said I was guessing about it being an electric cart. We have one electric cart and one gas cart.

jimbo2012 01-16-2014 07:36 AM

Gracie, that was not confirmed.

" it was possible that the separate low amp charger was also present. That combination could have cause the spark that ingnited the hydrogen gas produced by all wet cell lead acid batteries."

Read Franks words carefully,

By the way and this has been posted here before gas carts have have fires also.

You eliminate both possibility just go solar carts

Happy Snowbird 01-16-2014 07:44 AM

Why don't we put smoke detectors in the garage?

jimbo2012 01-16-2014 07:49 AM

good ?

ajbrown 01-16-2014 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 812825)
Gracie, that was not confirmed.

" it was possible that the separate low amp charger was also present. That combination could have cause the spark that ingnited the hydrogen gas produced by all wet cell lead acid batteries."

Read Franks words carefully,

By the way and this has been posted here before gas carts have have fires also.

You eliminate both possibility just go solar carts

AND POST #29 from the Hadley house fire thread....

Quote:

Originally Posted by champion6 (Post 548486)
Last night I was at a club meeting where the guest speaker was Lt. Jeff Day from The Villages fire department. I asked about the fire and he said the investigation was still ongoing. He said the fire appeared to have originated in an area of the garage where the homeowner kept his radio controlled airplanes. He specifically said that the homeowner's golf cart was not thought to be the cause of the fire.

I have been lucky to date to never experience such an event. No mater the cause, it must affect how you sleep forever after....

Bogie Shooter 01-16-2014 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Snowbird (Post 812829)
Why don't we put smoke detectors in the garage?

Smoke dectectors are put in Village houses according to code. If you want more, there is no reason why they cannot be installed.


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