Where there's smoke there's fire

[perrjojo]

We were at Spanish Springs yesterday around 5:30 and saw a large billow of smoke coming from the east. Does anyone know what was burning?

[logdog]

We were at Spanish Springs yesterday around 5:30 and saw a large billow of smoke coming from the east. Does anyone know what was burning?

That was probably a golf cart exploding in the Historic area. Follow the link for a picture.

http://www.*******************/villagers-golf-cart-explodes-scorches-side-home/

A 96-year-old Villager said she’s lucky to be alive after her golf cart exploded and caught her house on fire.
Julia Tiedemann was returning from a trip to the postal station at about 5 p.m. Sunday when she pulled into her carport at her home on Aloha Way on the Historic Side of The Villages.
“All of a sudden things started exploding,” she said. “I ran like hell.”
Flames scorched the side of her home. All that remains of her golf cart is a burned-out carcass.
She is grateful to The Villages Public Safety Department for their prompt response.
“They were here before I knew it,” she said.
Yellow tape now marks off the area where the explosion took place. Julia’s car also got caught up in the fire and may be a total loss as well.
“I am lucky to still be here,” she said.

[bkcunningham1]

That was probably a golf cart exploding in the Historic area. Follow the link for a picture.

http://www.*******************/villagers-golf-cart-explodes-scorches-side-home/

A 96-year-old Villager said she’s lucky to be alive after her golf cart exploded and caught her house on fire.
Julia Tiedemann was returning from a trip to the postal station at about 5 p.m. Sunday when she pulled into her carport at her home on Aloha Way on the Historic Side of The Villages.
“All of a sudden things started exploding,” she said. “I ran like hell.”
Flames scorched the side of her home. All that remains of her golf cart is a burned-out carcass.
She is grateful to The Villages Public Safety Department for their prompt response.
“They were here before I knew it,” she said.
Yellow tape now marks off the area where the explosion took place. Julia’s car also got caught up in the fire and may be a total loss as well.
“I am lucky to still be here,” she said.

lapdog, whatever site you linked is blocked from this forum so can you spell out the name of the website with spaces in between the letters - or do something else creative - so I can tell what site you posted that from, please?

[Villages PL]

We were at Spanish Springs yesterday around 5:30 and saw a large billow of smoke coming from the east. Does anyone know what was burning?

I was just thinking..........

[Cisco Kid]

Copy & paste part of the story and google it and the story will come up.
It is the other Villages news web page

[Cisco Kid]

I think the cart was nuclear powered

[bkcunningham1]

Copy & paste part of the story and google it and the story will come up.
It is the other Villages news web page

Danke schon.

[karostay]

Looks electric

[kittygilchrist]

I was just thinking..........

LOL Vpl, you got me laughing.

[Barefoot]

Copy & paste part of the story and google it and the story will come up. It is the other Villages news web page

You can subscribe to the free newspaper and receive "breaking news" updates online, as well as a daily paper online. It's an excellent way to stay current with what is happening in The Villages. I received breaking news updates about the golf cart fire and about the break-in at Miona Shores.

However the online newspaper doesn't replace TOTV in any way. This website is the very best for chatty discussions about breaking news.

[DonH57]

So that's what I observed walking out of Lowes.

[perrjojo]

Wow! That was quite a fire.

[janmcn]

As the article states, the 96-year-old woman is lucky to be alive. Her house was burned, along with her car which may be a total loss, and of course the golf cart was destroyed. She was returning from the mail box, something she has probably done everyday for decades. What would make an electric cart explode?

[Bogie Shooter]

As the article states, the 96-year-old woman is lucky to be alive. Her house was burned, along with her car which may be a total loss, and of course the golf cart was destroyed. She was returning from the mail box, something she has probably done everyday for decades. What would make an electric cart explode?

do a Google search..............there are many reasons.

[Golfingnut]

As the article states, the 96-year-old woman is lucky to be alive. Her house was burned, along with her car which may be a total loss, and of course the golf cart was destroyed. She was returning from the mail box, something she has probably done everyday for decades. What would make an electric cart explode?

Lack of maint.

[dotti105]

You can subscribe to the free newspaper and receive "breaking news" updates online, as well as a daily paper online. It's an excellent way to stay current with what is happening in The Villages. I received breaking news updates about the golf cart fire and about the break-in at Miona Shores.

However the online newspaper doesn't replace TOTV in any way. This website is the very best for chatty discussions about breaking news.

For those of us who are not aware, could you please give some info re: the online Villages news sources?

Thx!!

[graciegirl]

Last year an electric golf cart exploded in a garage in Hadley.


Thank God for our great fire response.


Grateful that woman is standing next to the shell looking unharmed. Wonder what we could do to help her out financially?


I will email Meta Minton, the owner of Villages- News.com. that released the story. I just saw her picture of the cart and the woman who blessedly excaped personal injury on WESH2 news just now. Meta was previously managing editor of The Daily Sun until last year when she retired. She is an excellent journalist and a fine person.

[jebartle]

I have to giggle at her response "I just ran like hell"....;);)

[graciegirl]

I have to giggle at her response "I just ran like hell"....;);)



I know. I loved it.

[janmcn]

I have to giggle at her response "I just ran like hell"....;);)


We should all be so lucky to have the fitness, agility, and mental acumen of this 96-year-young woman does at her age.

[graciegirl]

We should all be so lucky to have the fitness, agility, and mental acumen of this 96-year-young woman does at her age.





Hush. I'm working on it.;)