| GMC FIRE SEVERAL YEARS AGO [message #287351] |
Tue, 15 September 2015 22:54  |
hal kading
Messages: 642
Registered: February 2004
Location: Las Cruces NM
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Found this on another form. Fire was several years ago.
When we had our fire in Kansas with the GMC I closed all windows and door to starve the fire of Oxygen. Then we ran like (H!!!!) because of full tanks of gas and propane. The fire department had to bring a water pump truck because we were out in the middle of no where. The interior was smoke damaged, the pilot and copilot seat backs melted. What saved us was the ablility to exit the bus quickly. Although Sue got her hand burned it was minor compared to what could have been.
All that was due to an exhust pipe separated just past the Y-pipe coming out of the engine. Fire burned through the floor board as I was driving North on US 54 towards Dodge City, KS.
We now check the exhust system every time before we start out for a trip and every time we make a rest stop I open the engine compartment to make sure we don't have an exhust leak while the engine is running. What ever the result on Randy's fire will be added to my check list. We can't be too complacent when we take our families and our homes on the road.
Hal Kading 78 Buskirk Las Cruces NM
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