samboy Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Hi gang. My mate decided to burn some weeds in his front garden with a flame thrower type thing which resulted in his large conifer catching alight. He said it went up like a rocket next to his 3 cars and house. Luckily for him some travellers were passing in their truck which happened to have a large hose on it and managed to put the fire out. He said without them passing he dreads to think what would of happened. Just goes to show how things can get out of control in a split second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Best thing to happen to conifers.......stupid foreign import trees...have no place in our country.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 (edited) Had two similar 'insurance jobs' I attended that involved exactly this,,,, conifers. One quite mild damage,,,, short length of guttering, small bit of fence/trellis, and a couple of sheets of ply and felt roof cover to a lean-to/shed type thing. Caused by the neighbour using a garden flamethrower to clear weeds on his front drive. Unfortunately for him, he decided to burn a few dry leaves that were fluttering about in the breeze,,,,,,, piles of old pine needles under the line of conifer bush ,,,, burning leaves blown into this and,,,,,,, WHOOOSH !!! Flames 20 ft high 🔥 😳 Luckily he had his hose handy and saved the day,,,, and lots more damage 😏 The other one,,,, two very tall conifers in the neighbours garden. Neighbour, being a bit of a magpie, dragged a heavy metal object into the back garden, across an old concrete path. Result,,,,, sparks, which ignited the conifer debris on the ground and,,,,,, WHOOOOOOOSHHH !!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Quite a lot of damage to his own house, but our job involved thousands of pounds worth of damage to house and garden !!! House,,,, guttering, one d.g.window. Extension,,, Guttering, fascia, soffit, d.g.window and door. Garden,,, fence, gate, shed, large pergola [fence panels fixed to it to form an enclosure], 35 square metres of paving, some cooked, some damaged by melting objects stuck to them. Policy holder is an ex fireman,,,, tried to use his garden hose but was beaten back by the intense heat. Stood in his kitchen with the door shut, he had to move back by ten feet because of the intense heat. He was lucky,,,, only property damage 🤦♂️ Most common garden fires start in sheds, where electrical appliances develop faults and,,,,,, WHOOOOSHHH 🔥🔥🔥 Edited November 9 by JKD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Holly is another that burns fiercely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Any of you lot heard of turpentine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nublue 22 Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Is turpentine not a drink? 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Just now, Nublue 22 said: Is turpentine not a drink? 😅 Depends how far north you live I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 (edited) And in a month or so time we will all be bringing one indoors, drying it out in our centrally heated houses and dangling cheap Chinese electric lights off it. What could possibly go wrong? This is my Christmas tree after Christmas, there are 4 seconds between the pics. Reckon you could find a fire extinguisher, hose, bowl of water in that time? Edited November 9 by 39TDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 38 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Any of you lot heard of turpentine? Extracted from resin present in certain... um, err, trees. Burns a treat, good for cleaning paint brushes and thinning oil based paints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 When we were kids we used to use the old Christmas tree to start the coal fire, under the supervision of Dad of course. We had a Dad that taught us stuff like that, head full of trivial stuff that sometimes has some use. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 54 minutes ago, Dougy said: When we were kids we used to use the old Christmas tree to start the coal fire, under the supervision of Dad of course. We had a Dad that taught us stuff like that, head full of trivial stuff that sometimes has some use. 😄 I Impart the same"life skills"on my grandchildren all sorts of stuff from using firesteel to light fires,bike repairs and of course introducing shooting to them. As my Dad and Grandad did to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Eucalyptus is another one that burns well. I remember, about 60 odd years ago, at a scout camp in Somerset, where there were a few eucalyptus growing and someone suggested building a campfire rather too close to one ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oldypigeonpopper Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 Hello, I am sure that is why these Conifer forest around the world are hard to put out if catch fire, I am sure the tin of wood shavings for starting a fire we used in a Kelly Kettle was from the Eucalyptus tree, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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