On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:45:49 -0400, Steve Calvin
> wrote:

>Nonnymus wrote:
>> I won't go into the details of what caused the fire, but a gasoline
>> spill in a basement garage turned into a mini-inferno. Near the center
>> of this fire was a freshly filled 20# LP tank. While I wrestled with
>> our dog, trying to get her out of the house, the LP tank heated up. I
>> was on the opposite side of a 6" drywall partition wall when it
>> exploded. Shrapnel from ceramic tile were like bullets, causing a
>> number of little pinprick-like cuts on exposed skin. The wall itself
>> buckled, but the double layer of type X held to at least keep the
>> fireball off me. The floor above, 12' above to be exact, was buckled
>> and broached by the explosion.
>>
>> Without the explosion, there might have been a chance of containing the
>> fire. The explosion ruptured a number of flammable containers, like oil
>> cans, and the fire was too far along before the FD got there. No human
>> loss, but our dog and a cat didn't make it out. LP, gasoline and other
>> extreme flammables belong outdoors, away from a house.
>>
>> When those suckers explode, Katie bar the door.
>>
>
>Wow... sorry to hear that nonny! Glad all of the people made it
>through. Sorry about the pets!
>
>But you raise a point to be remembered. Full or empty - these types of
>things should be away from the house. I keep all that kind of thing in
>my shed which is at the back of the property.

Can't do that in an apartment complex, unfortunately.

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