Lost about a ric before the fire department showed up. I was cleaning up some logs I had brought in and was burning Bark, saw dust, and rotten pieces. Had the fire going and was piling up what was waiting to be burned. I guess a spark fell in the pile waiting to be burned and smoldered then spread to my firewood. No was hurt and nothing was damaged other than the wood. Our 3 year old loved the fire truck and filling buckets with the garden hose. Normally the wood is far enough away but I bridged the gap with the rotten stuff.
I was a little worried last night about something like this happening. I had a big pile of black locust bark burning and baby was it crackin and poppin and sparks a flying. Fortunately the wind didn't shift toward the piles.
I get a large pile of splittah trash going, about 10' from a pile of cherry, always have the hose outstretched and ready!
I was burning some brush this spring, and I managed to catch a pretty big red maple stump on fire that was probably 4-5' away. I wanted to get rid of it anyway, but I wasn't planning to do it that day! I got out the chainsaw, and cut a few rounds off of it while it was on fire - that was pretty cool lol.. My brother in law tossed a couch onto his bonfire one time, and he caught one of his trees on fire! Glad everyone is safe and buildings are still in tact. You're not the first one to make a bad mistake, just let it be a lesson.
If it burded slowly you now have a rick of lump charcoal. Keep em and toss one in every now and then as an all nighter.
That's one for memories Years from now "Remember when Dad caught the firewood on fire " Time for more garden hose Good thread , makes us all more aware!
Well I'm certainly glad you didn't lose anymore than you did and no one was hurt I've built fires pretty close to my stacks before. I like working when it's cold and the kids like being outside too. I guess it's just a sappy memory maker for me stacking wood by the fire the kids either helping or playing coming over to get warm. Reminds me when I was a key d doing the same.
That's exactly why I split in my driveway. Makes cleanup a breeze. Shovel the scraps into the empty trailer and take it right to the dump. Obviously not everyone can do it this way but it makes clean up easier.
I saw a photo yesterday of someone's stacks and noticed an open burn barrel. I was going to post a picture of how I burn as 4 or so years ago a spark caught some dead branches next to my chips pile and up it went, lucky that I had a pile of topsoil and the front end loader close by, put it out. Now I use this set up that I put together back then. Under $100.00 plus the barrels I got for free. The Stainless steel pot has some used fryer oil I use to dip the green wood in when the fire isn't burning fast enough to keep up with me. Better safe then sorry. Just some food for thought. The flat piece of steel I remove from the top it is to protect the barrels from rain water like it was raining out when I took the picture.
