June 4, 201412 yr Over the weekend I was mowing the lawn with my tractor, finished up, pulled it into the shed and went inside for a drink. 5 mins later my shed was fully engulfed and basically burned to the ground. I imagine the mower had something to do with it. Good news is everyone is safe, shed was a good distance from the house and there were no guns in there:) Bad news is the heat from the fire melted the siding on a couple sides of my home. Insurance is ponying up the cash. Now I need a reasonably priced siding contractor to repair the home. Anyone know a guy? Or perhaps you do siding work? Thanks, Mike
June 4, 201412 yr Glad to hear everyone is ok brother. Better off the shed than the house every day of the week. Where are you located specifically in CNJ? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
June 4, 201412 yr Good that all are ok. Ive got 30+ yrs exp but am retired from it now. Not local to you but would be happy to offer tips/advice via pm.
June 4, 201412 yr Damn that was a hell of a shed fire. Glad everyones ok. Looks like it came damn close to catching your house too. Gotta let the mower cool down a bit next time.
June 4, 201412 yr Glad all is ok, that must have been one heck of a fire to put off that much heat to melt the siding from a distance.
June 4, 201412 yr Wow. Glad you are ok. Maybe I should pull it right back into the garage either huh? Was the exhaust port close to anything combustable?
June 4, 201412 yr Author Yea the shed had about 20 gallons of gas in it i was storing in case of another hurricane or winter storm. Also a few 20 gallon propane tanks. So it went up Like a roman candle. Was crazy hot. All that heat yet the wind was actually blowing it away from the house. In the future ill park the mower outside to cool just in case.
June 5, 201412 yr Dont forget all your 15 round mags were in there . JIC. Glad you are safe and only property was lost
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