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@Bushmaster posted a fire story in the “This shouldn’t even be possible” thread so I thought we might have some good campfire stories here. I believe several of you were firemen.
Bushmaster’s story reminded me of the time we (might have) burned down the neighbor’s barn. @Seedy and I left our horses across the street when we went to Hawaii to get married. The first day we were gone one of the horses rammed a metal rod into her shoulder blade and required a bazillion stitches. Every day the neighbor had to keep the horse in the stall. Their haybarn was about 70 years old so the wiring was old. There was a lot of hay in there stored from farming over the years. The night we got back from our honeymoon we let the horse out into the pasture about 8pm and went to bed. I woke up at 10pm to the dog growling and the sky was bright orange outside. I guess Seedy called the fire department while I called the neighbor to tell him his barn was on fire. He laughed at me and said ‘yeah, right!’ thinking I was joking.
Since we are on farm land there are no hydrants so they plopped a pool down in my front yard to fill it up from multiple trucks. Another neighbor confessed that when he woke up and saw the orange sky he thought the rapture had occurred and they got left behind.
We have no idea how the fire started. Could have been old wiring or it was also easy access for arson. There have been several arson barn fires over the years in our area. Obviously a total loss. There was about $70,000 in farm equipment that was uninsured. However all the horses were in the pasture and safe.
Bushmaster’s story reminded me of the time we (might have) burned down the neighbor’s barn. @Seedy and I left our horses across the street when we went to Hawaii to get married. The first day we were gone one of the horses rammed a metal rod into her shoulder blade and required a bazillion stitches. Every day the neighbor had to keep the horse in the stall. Their haybarn was about 70 years old so the wiring was old. There was a lot of hay in there stored from farming over the years. The night we got back from our honeymoon we let the horse out into the pasture about 8pm and went to bed. I woke up at 10pm to the dog growling and the sky was bright orange outside. I guess Seedy called the fire department while I called the neighbor to tell him his barn was on fire. He laughed at me and said ‘yeah, right!’ thinking I was joking.
Since we are on farm land there are no hydrants so they plopped a pool down in my front yard to fill it up from multiple trucks. Another neighbor confessed that when he woke up and saw the orange sky he thought the rapture had occurred and they got left behind.
We have no idea how the fire started. Could have been old wiring or it was also easy access for arson. There have been several arson barn fires over the years in our area. Obviously a total loss. There was about $70,000 in farm equipment that was uninsured. However all the horses were in the pasture and safe.
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