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Originally Posted by 2 Oldcrabs
A few years ago I spilled 2 gallons of gasoline while working on my truck in my garage. It caught fire. Burned my truck and motorcycle. Took fire dept about 9 minutes to respond. Alot of gas to fuel the fire. Had sheet metal over the pull down stairs and a solid steel door to the house. Garage sustain heavy damage to contents, But did not burn thru the "firecoded" board. Wall studs and roof rafters not damaged. Inside house had smoke damaged from opening the house door after the fire. Building codes & building inspectors in Delaware saved our home!
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2 Old Crabs (love that name)
Good point you bring to the table!! Obviously, the fire codes here are remiss in protecting our homes. What can we do to improve and protect our homes from these horrendous fires of late? Guess we need to educate ourselves re insulating the garage from this threatening disastrous situation, yes?
It seems that the two most recent fires both started in the garage, or at least the garage was the area that had the most damage at both recent disasters.
barb
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Last edited by barb1191; 12-26-2009 at 11:41 AM.
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