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Fire in the Garage

84jeepscrambler

84jeepscrambler

84 Scrambler 68 Mustang
City
Kutztown
State
PA
While deconstructing my wife's CJ7 this past Saturday I pulled in the bad gas from the old tank in from the rain 2 days before in front of the Jeep. Totally forgot about it. The tranny skid plate bolts were not budging. So I started to grind the first one off and I see a flame at the garage opening. ****... Ran and kicked the open container out to the driveway. Caught my sweat pants on fire and the fire was getting close to my daily driver Subaru. Ran inside got the keys to the Subie and moved it. Front bumper is a little discolored but my leg got 1st degree burns from the ankle to the knee. Urgent Care said I was lucky. Wife is a little miffed.:rotfl: I learned my lesson about keeping all combustible products in a sealed container.
 
Awe man that sucks. Good luck with your leg. Thankfully it wasn't worse. A fire extinguisher in the garage is always a good idea.
 
Sorry for the very tuff lesson. Ya it could have been much worse, but it still hurts.:eek: Those fire stories usually don't turn out well. Hope you heal up quickly.

z :ZZZ:
 
Go to the 1:00 minute mark and you'll see that the heavier than air fumes just hang out in a pile on the ground waiting for an ignition source. Sorry about your leg.

"A near miss is a gift from Lady Luck" - Jesse Brown
 
Wow, suck! Glad it wasn't worse and appreciate posting this "oops" as a great reminder for us all.
 
Glad it wasn't worse! Extinguishers in the garage (and kitchen) and know how to use it! Burning liquid fires can be some of the most dangerous!
 
Sorry to hear you got hurt. Fire can be downright scary. Hope you heal up quickly, and glad it wasn't worse than it was.
 
Sorry you got burned, but you are indeed lucky.
 
Wow...glad all ended as well as it did. Here's to quick healing!
 
Close one. Heal quickly.

Mine would not have been miffed. She would have asked 1) How many beers did you have and 2) Did you go out in public in your sweatpants?
 
Wow. Glad to hear it wasn't worse. I hope it heals quickly.
 
Hope your feeling better soon. Sure glad it wasn't any worse....
 
Sorry to hear you got burned, glad to hear the house and cars didn't go up in flames. Hopefully you heal quickly.
 
Thanks for all the nice words. Had the calf wrapped constantly since Saturday while changing the dressings twice a day. Have 4 burns the size of plums. Looks like something out of the Walking Dead. Have a little limp. Got a fire extinguisher last night for that just incase again. Will be painting POR 15 on the rear axel and used 20 gallon fuel skid plate this weekend. Thanks again and I hope this doesn't happen to anybody else here.
 
One fire extinguisher is only good enough to piss a fire off. I found out the hard way long ago with a gas fire in a boat.. I keep at least four in my shop.
 
Every time I hear about welding or cutting and the sparks that follow I'm reminded of when a friend of mine was cutting off braces for a roll up door to their construction warehouse. As the sparks and slag was firing off, some of it was landing in a case of dynamite. EVERYBODY cleared out! They dug a deeeep hole with a backhoe and very carefully placed the case in the hole then covered it up. Still there to this day.
Sorry to hear that you got burned but it was a good lesson and not catastrophic. Zr has good advice. Place a couple of fire extinguishers in the shop.
 
Bugman said:
Sorry to hear that you got burned but it was a good lesson and not catastrophic. Zr has good advice. Place a couple of fire extinguishers in the shop.
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Important word for all of us... May be a great gift to ask for if ya'll need 1 or 2 or 4.
Don't forget the kitchen...
z
 
I used to have a bad habit of pouring gas into a carburetor which lead to my need for lots of fire extinguishers around.
911 fires lol
 
zr10054 said:
I used to have a bad habit of pouring gas into a carburetor which lead to my need for lots of fire extinguishers around.
911 fires lol
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Is that not an acceptable way of starting a stubborn engine?
 
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