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Title: Pole barn fire
Post by: goose63 on February 08, 2016, 08:24:22 PM
Nancy stayed after work to watch the S B game when she got home bout 11 she said there wsa a red glow to the north and then a big explosion Nancy drove past this pole barn in a high wind blowing snow was hard to see any thing   

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/33477/DSCN0679.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/33477/DSCN0680.JPG) second picture was taking from the road she was on last night so the fire was just getting started and she could see it in the blinding snow its 1 and half mile from here she had to stop 3 times in the snow be for she got home.

Thy lost every thing 2 combines 3 4wheal drive tractors 2 trucks with hopper bottom grain trailers one had a full load of corn 
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: Magicman on February 08, 2016, 08:29:02 PM
No matter what the cause was, that is just sad.   :'(
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: thecfarm on February 08, 2016, 08:31:01 PM
Yes,sad it is.
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: goose63 on February 08, 2016, 08:36:08 PM
At least the wind was from the north so no other buildings were hurt and two fire departments and every one went home safe.

The barn was 100 feet wide and 200 feet long and not two years old yet
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: yukon cornelius on February 08, 2016, 08:45:57 PM
sure hate to see that! glad everyone is safe.
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: beenthere on February 08, 2016, 08:54:14 PM
For sure, that is real sad to see...
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: WV Sawmiller on February 08, 2016, 09:15:31 PM
   Sure sorry to hear and see that. You did not mention that anyone was hurt so that is the most important thing but I know is hard on the family.

   Gives me a flashback to Bagram Afghanistan a few years ago when I was working on the base there. Our frozen food warehouse burned in high winds. Was a metal building and mostly the insulation on the building and packaging materials burned. The remaining shell was unstable and we could not get in to remove the rotting foods and was pretty foul for a couple of weeks till we could prepare it for demo and safely take it down.
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: Corley5 on February 09, 2016, 02:35:58 PM
Sad for sure  :(  Hope they have adequate insurance.
Title: Re: Pole barn fire
Post by: Autocar on February 09, 2016, 05:52:55 PM
About every night I worry about fires when Iam laying in bed, Not sure why but alot of times I will pull battery cables off equipment worrying about mice or chipmunks chewing wires. Had a R model Mack once that squirrels chewed every wire all the way back to the battery box. To this day I never figeued out how it didn't catch fire in the shop. Nothing but bare copper wires  ???,