65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
Some of you have seen pic's of the shop I work at when I posted some pic's about changing ball joints. This last Tues we had a fuel tank catch fire while changing a fuel pump. Nearly full tank and while draining it into a catch can something ignited the fumes. We tried to put out the fire with 2 extinguishers, ran them dry then turned the hose on it until it got so hot that the water line burst. Out of options we got out made sure everyone was out (4 of us) and waited for the fire dept.I am thankful for no serious injuries. My boss has some blisters on his hands but that is the only injuries.
In our small community we are so blessed by the amount of people wanting to help out with offers of tools, work space, labor for clean up. Most of the building is a total loss, I am still going through my tools to see what is good. He will rebuild the shop,just waiting on the appraisers.
I found us a place to work until the rebuild is done and a friend who retired loaned me his tools and toolboxes. I just wanted to put out a word of caution this is a job I have done hundreds of times without any problems you never know when all the circumstances will line up perfect and a accident will happen. Please be extremely careful when dealing with fuel. Have a well ventilated area, consider all possible ignition sources, alot of things can cause a spark. Just please be safe
In our small community we are so blessed by the amount of people wanting to help out with offers of tools, work space, labor for clean up. Most of the building is a total loss, I am still going through my tools to see what is good. He will rebuild the shop,just waiting on the appraisers.
I found us a place to work until the rebuild is done and a friend who retired loaned me his tools and toolboxes. I just wanted to put out a word of caution this is a job I have done hundreds of times without any problems you never know when all the circumstances will line up perfect and a accident will happen. Please be extremely careful when dealing with fuel. Have a well ventilated area, consider all possible ignition sources, alot of things can cause a spark. Just please be safe
