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To: Crocodile who wrote (51180)	5/24/2000 11:15:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Wow. That's very scary. A house on my mail route is being rebuilt from a fire that gutted it a few months ago. The house is fairly new, maybe 5 years old. The hot water heater is in the garage, which is pretty common in new California construction. It's a natural gas unit. One of the residents placed a gasoline can near the water heater and the rest is history.

To: Crocodile who wrote (51180)	5/25/2000 7:28:00 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

<<By the time I came back out of the house, there were flames coming out through the roof of the house.>> A fire in an enclosed area such as a house will stay contained until it reaches the "flashpoint" that's, if I remember right, around 1700 degrees F. At that point it becomes almost an explosion. <<then the baler when on fire and was entirely burnt up in just a couple of minutes...>> My cousin was on a job where a D8 Cat hit a gas main. It only took seconds before the dozer started to melt.