Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:13:52 -0800
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Total loss, RIP
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Very sorry to see this, good luck with your insurance settlement! Propane tanks don't explode in fires as long as they are in good condition. The pressure relief valve on the tank shutoff will vent the propane as it heats up, which, of course, ignites and becomes a massive fireball. This can happen several times until the tank is empty. Given the intensity of that fire, I doubt there is any propane left in either of your tanks.
You can see this happening here at 1:50 (don't watch if you don't want to be further saddened by the loss of Vanagon, and do make sure your fuel lines are new and the clamps are tight): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Q_nveKHC0
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of steve meassick
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 11:52 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Total loss, RIP
There should have been propane in the tank, as I had it filled after the last trip of the fall. I have not checked to see if the tank is still there, is in one piece or has gas in it. It is still smoldering around the van and in it, so until all that dies down, I am not checking.
However, we had a 20lb grill type propane tank in the shed and amazingly that was still in one piece even though the fire was hot enough to melt aluminum - the aluminum allow wheels from a Toyota parked right next to the van were just plain gone. The various windows in the Toyota were melted.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Edward Maglott
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:39 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Total loss, RIP
So sorry! must have been a sickening feeling to see it destroyed.
It is impressive how much was consumed by the fire. "I was like where's the interior?" It's all gone. I did notice the stainless steel exhaust and intake pipes for the fridge were still there hanging in space.
wondering if you had propane in the tank?
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Jennifer Rabbitt < yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very very sorry.
>
> Jennifer Rabbitt
> 90 Tintop
>
> On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:34 AM, steve meassick <stevem@TDHVAC.COM> wrote:
>
> This morning our equipment shed burned down with our 87 Westy camper
> in it. It was a total loss. I had just put it in the shed this
> Sunday after doing a bunch of work on it over the winter. We had it
> since new and had a lot of great memories and trips in it ranging from
> the great lakes to the Southwest to California to Alaska and Canada.
> A bunch of other stuff including tractors and a car we're also
> destroyed but this is the only thing I really had an attachment to.
>
> Here are a couple of photos:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds48dnghbx9crvs/20180220_114030.jpg?dl=0
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm5soz24iycefqg/2018-02-20%2011.40.40.jpg?dl
> =0
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/30vjvuep0o0ri36/2018-02-20%2011.47.53.jpg?dl
> =0
>
>
>
> Steve
>
