Rch
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 658
- Location
- Central Wisconsin
- Tractor
- 1986 Ford 1910 with 770B (FORD) loader, 4 MFWD; 1986 Bolens G214,back hoe,loader,MFWD (Iseki) 21 hp)
I had an experince recently that the post on "Fire extinguisher" under Tractor Safety reminded me of. I have a penisula fireplace that was only into it's 2nd season ( I thought it took years for creosote to build up !). I loaded a fresh log in that broke up an already burning manufactured log (parafin/sawdust). This caused the fire to flare-up and bingo-I had a chimney fire.There was this roaring noise like a really big blow torch and you could see flames in the metal flue. I had a chimney fire flare on hand that looks like an ordinary flare except it produces DENSE smoke. Luckily, I had put on a pair of welding/fireplace gloves. Once you start one of these flares ther is no putting it out til it's burned up. And it's dripping globs of molten sulfur. Also the fireplace is going great guns and I'm trying to hold this over the fire into the opening of the flue,to direct the smoke up the chimney and contain the molten globs. The chimney fire was out about a quarter into the life of this flare, but I had a real tiger by the tail for the other 3/4th. If I hadn't had those gloves on I would have lost it.As it was that smoke left a white powder all over to cleanup. The flares are to throw into a sealed stove. I went out and brought a fire extiguisher with a foot hose and bugle end so it can be direct with out having to be right over the flames of the fire place. The chimney sweep comes every year.
RCH
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