itsmoked
Electrical
- Feb 18, 2005
- 19,114
A house burnt down on my street the day before yesterday. Pretty rare event nowadays. Maybe 2 houses a year burn in my city of 60k.
Fire started inside the garage and spread via the attic to the house. The cars gas tank ruptured causing a real ramp-up of the disaster.
Faulty wiring was the cause. I watched as the fire inspector dragged the faulty piece of wiring out of the garage thru the 8 fire trucks from our town an two others. He photographed the chunk of faulty wiring that was laying on the ground several times. Then drug it back to the house-remains and hung it on the fence.
Last nite I walked past the remnants and noticed the "wire". I went over and looked at it.
Orange 14AWG extension cord.
Another point in the extension cord column!
We should probably all review our extension cords and toss any with even the smallest defects.
Fire started inside the garage and spread via the attic to the house. The cars gas tank ruptured causing a real ramp-up of the disaster.
Faulty wiring was the cause. I watched as the fire inspector dragged the faulty piece of wiring out of the garage thru the 8 fire trucks from our town an two others. He photographed the chunk of faulty wiring that was laying on the ground several times. Then drug it back to the house-remains and hung it on the fence.
Last nite I walked past the remnants and noticed the "wire". I went over and looked at it.
Orange 14AWG extension cord.
Another point in the extension cord column!
We should probably all review our extension cords and toss any with even the smallest defects.