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Paul Everet's fire, Fresno, CA

All be careful out there.  I remember 10 years ago taking a shower in Yuma, AZ, hearing all the sirens, wondering how far away the trouble was.  When I stepped out of the shower in my Signature, and out the front door, fireman were everywhere, a travel trailer a blaze from refrigerator chimney fire, right next to my customer's Country Coach Affinity 50 yards away.  He had just done his walk the night before and never driven the Affinity before.  His first 50 feet driving an rv was pulling away from the travel trailer right next to him, as he phoned the fire department.  His dog woke him up barking before the smoke alarm.  Always check for recalls after buying an rv, at least rv mfg, chassis mfg, propane refrigerator mfg.

Multimillion-dollar loss, several RV's destroyed by flames & explosions at...

Fire breaks out at Paul Evert's RV Country in Fresno | The Fresno Bee
97 U295 40, Build #5040, 6C8.3 325 HP
Oregon Continuous Traveler
Samsung Residential #RF20HFENBSR,
Xantrex SW2012, (3)AGM8D Hse, (2)AGM Grp24 Eng, Victron BMV-712, 1800w Solar 4 LG & 2 Sunpower
Extreme Full Body Pt w/hdlmps, new furn/floor, 4 down Lexus 2004 GX470 AWD curb weight 4,740 lbs
Prev: 1990 Barth, 10L 300 2 yrs; 91&92 Monaco Signature, 10 yrs, 10L C 300 &  6C8.3 300; 1997 ForeT 6C8.3 325 since May 2017.  Employed by Guaranty RV 14+ yrs.  Former VW New Car Dlr/Service Dlr, Sales Mgr, Rv Sales, and Service Adviser from 1968-2017
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Re: Paul Everet's fire, Fresno, CA

Reply #1 –
Also, if you have a Norcold or Dometic absorption type refrigerator, good idea to install an ARP or other fire safety device.
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Re: Paul Everet's fire, Fresno, CA

Reply #2 –
Long, long ago in a State far, far away I went to bed at my usual hour. About an hour or so later I was awakened by sirens that seemed pretty close, but then got quiet. I went back to sleep. The next morning I noticed that the mobile home across the street was no longer straight wihite but seemed to have some black marks on it, and there was a chair outside that I didn't remember being there the day before. When I talked to a neighbor I found out that the people across the street had come home to a cold house, so they relit the pilot light, cranked the furnace up to as high as it could go, and went out for dinner. Several hours later they came home and noticed an orange glow inside, so they called the fire department. Had the fire department just let everything alone, chances are that the fire would have run out of oxygen and gone out, but they went in, giving the fire plenty of fresh oxygen, and the trailer was destroyed. I slept through the whole fire.


Since then I am a little more aware of sirens, and if one gets close I get up and look around.