Glad to hear that no one was injured Fred. You're right, your wife's observation
and clear thinking might have saved your home.
Fred Thomas wrote:
> Well, the wife comes home from work, pulls the car in the garage, gets out
> smells smoke, gets back in the car and backs it into the driveway. Comes in
> the house, Fred the car is starting to smoke real bad, I jump-up run out to
> the drivway, and sure nuff, a big fire under the hood, my outside water is
> off for the winter, I open the car door, the hood release will not now work,
> fire is now getting pretty bad, 911, out of the house for everyone, and the
> complete under side just melted away, never did any real flaming, just all
> electrical. If she had not been so observant, the entire house and
> everything in it would be lost, as it is, a Dodge Turbo Shadow, is finished.
> All is safe now and no injuries to anyone or anything, but, man what it
> could have been inside the garage. No Idea what started it, it was under
> hood (engine related). "FT"
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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Triumph Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's own
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Daily Driver (when running)
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