Posted by Nancy Howell on April 13, 2009 at 07:26:30 from (144.162.48.126):
In Reply to: Fire story posted by cj in wisconsin on April 13, 2009 at 05:29:16:
Many years ago when we were cleaning out the shop, we burned a lot of old paper, etc, in a barrel. We let the fire burn itself out and left the barrel sitting outside. About two weeks later, James decided to dump the ashes in a wash close to the shop. The ashes were soggy and wet from being rained on and neither of us thought much about it.
James went on to do some work around the farm and I saddled my horse and went for a ride. When I came back, the ditch was on fire and the fire was just getting out into the woods.
I rode up to James and told him the fire was getting out. James said "What fire? I haven't started any fires." I told him the ditch was on fire and getting into the woods.
It hadn't gotten very far into the dry leaves and we were able to stop it, but there wasn't anything we could do about the brush and old wood we had piled in the ditch other than watch it burn and make sure it didn't get out again.
Even though the barrel had been sitting for at least two weeks and had been rained on, there were still some embers that got the fire started when they were exposed to air.
If I hadn't come back from my ride when I did, we could have been in real trouble.
Lesson learned - Never dump ashes until you have thoroughly soaked them.
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