Texas: Playground Fire = spontaneous combustion
08-15-2007, 06:21 AM
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Texas: Playground Fire = spontaneous combustion
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http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=4305
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5051782.html
ain't that some shit. 
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=4305
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5051782.html
ARLINGTON — Arlington school district will spend $200,000 replacing wood chips with pea gravel at 35 playgrounds in response to a fire blamed on spontaneous combustion of the wood fiber, the superintendent said.
Surveillance video showed that nobody was around to start the fire at an elementary school playground last week, officials said. The fire melted the plastic and metal equipment, causing $35,000 in damage.
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Officials said the fire was like the combustion that can occur with organic material in a compost pile if it is not turned regularly.
Surveillance video showed that nobody was around to start the fire at an elementary school playground last week, officials said. The fire melted the plastic and metal equipment, causing $35,000 in damage.
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Officials said the fire was like the combustion that can occur with organic material in a compost pile if it is not turned regularly.
08-15-2007, 06:22 AM
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i saw that yesterday on cnn. thats some really dark smoke.
at one of the condo's my dad owns, it caught fire and the fire detective or whatever said it was spontaneous combustion from a plant on the porch that had miracle grow.
at one of the condo's my dad owns, it caught fire and the fire detective or whatever said it was spontaneous combustion from a plant on the porch that had miracle grow.
08-15-2007, 07:00 AM
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this is sorta like the manure pile in our barnyard in winter .... we have had it catch on fire randomly before because of the methane buildup ... you can go out in -20 degree weather and poke in the middle of the pile and its like 90 degrees
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that one has been on alot lately ...
this is sorta like the manure pile in our barnyard in winter .... we have had it catch on fire randomly before because of the methane buildup ... you can go out in -20 degree weather and poke in the middle of the pile and its like 90 degrees
this is sorta like the manure pile in our barnyard in winter .... we have had it catch on fire randomly before because of the methane buildup ... you can go out in -20 degree weather and poke in the middle of the pile and its like 90 degrees
Why would you poke your head into the middle of some deep shit
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I love how they were like...we would have never imagined that this would happen.
Uh...dried wood chips that provide a LOT of surface area is a recipe for fire...especially in hot areas.
Uh...dried wood chips that provide a LOT of surface area is a recipe for fire...especially in hot areas.
