Smoker Fire--Don't Let This Happen to you

[mneeley490]

This happened to a fellow smoker, less than a mile from my house. The article doesn't say what type of smoker he was using, but I have read elsewhere that it was too close to the wood siding on his house.

Story and pics here:  http://myeverettnews.com/2015/05/30/6-displaced-as-fire-destroys-south-everett-house/

 

[chef willie]

WOW...Bad situation. I scrolled down to the comments section and it seems it was a rented house...owner thinks perhaps the smoker 'hit the ground'.....a beautiful home gone, pretty much gone....Willie

 

[mneeley490]

A lot of houses in this area are rentals. I'm not sure why. Too bad for the owner...

 

[talan64]

 
A lot of houses in this area are rentals. I'm not sure why. Too bad for the owner...

Too bad for the owner??  Hopefully they had renters insurance or the owners insurance company will go after them for the money.  Could be a litigation nightmare.

 

[b-one]

I could only hope this happened at my house! But I'm not that lucky!!

 

[seenred]

This is a good example of why (IMHO) its never a good idea to go off and leave your smoker unattended. I've been reading more and more posts about folks with remote controlled rigs or wi-fi controlled rigs who start their smoker then go off to do something else. Too many bad things can happen while your gone...maybe nothing worse than ruining a hunk of meat...but maybe ruining everything you own. For these reasons and others, I never sleep through the night, nor do I leave my house, while I'm smoking or grilling something.

Just food for thought...

Red

 

[zeroids7]

People have to be careful nowadays! Not only smokers, but everyone!

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