Bowl of water = charred home
NotaSuv
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Heres a pretty crazy story...sad for the owners...whoda thought this would happen.............
BELLEVUE, Wash. - In science class we all learned how a magnifying glass can concentrate sunlight and start a fire. Fire investigators believe a sunlight shining through glass bowl full of water may have done the same thing.
The back of a Bellevue home is in charred ruins after a bizarre fire Sunday afternoon, when the temperatures were in the 70's.
Firefighters could trace the origin to one particular spot on the back deck.
"Investigators were able to narrow it down to one spot," said Lt. Eric Keenan with the Bellevue Fire Department. "But when they looked over that one spot, there's no electrical devices, nothing that would lead to an obvious cause."
The only thing sitting there was a glass dog bowl, full of water sitting on a wire rack on the wooden deck.
"When you look at that it may have actually had the optical qualities to act as a magnifying glass and under the midday sun start the deck on fire," says Keenan.
Lt. Keenan says he's never seen a house fire start this way before. The sunlight, the water, the glass and the wood decking would have to be aligned perfectly, but it appears that's exactly what happened.
"It's so unusual, it's really not reasonable to ask people to change their behaviors. If this was the cause it was just a really weird set of circumstances."
It was a devastating fire for the homeowners. It caused more than $200,000 worth of damage.
BELLEVUE, Wash. - In science class we all learned how a magnifying glass can concentrate sunlight and start a fire. Fire investigators believe a sunlight shining through glass bowl full of water may have done the same thing.
The back of a Bellevue home is in charred ruins after a bizarre fire Sunday afternoon, when the temperatures were in the 70's.
Firefighters could trace the origin to one particular spot on the back deck.
"Investigators were able to narrow it down to one spot," said Lt. Eric Keenan with the Bellevue Fire Department. "But when they looked over that one spot, there's no electrical devices, nothing that would lead to an obvious cause."
The only thing sitting there was a glass dog bowl, full of water sitting on a wire rack on the wooden deck.
"When you look at that it may have actually had the optical qualities to act as a magnifying glass and under the midday sun start the deck on fire," says Keenan.
Lt. Keenan says he's never seen a house fire start this way before. The sunlight, the water, the glass and the wood decking would have to be aligned perfectly, but it appears that's exactly what happened.
"It's so unusual, it's really not reasonable to ask people to change their behaviors. If this was the cause it was just a really weird set of circumstances."
It was a devastating fire for the homeowners. It caused more than $200,000 worth of damage.
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Smart investigators.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Wow. Never would have thought of that happening with a bowl of water.Sunfire TGP, Sunfire Cinema Grand, Sunfire 300~2 (2), Sunfire True Sub (2),Carver ALS Platinum, Carver AL III, TFM-55, C-19, C-9, TX-8, SDA-490t, SDA-390t
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I got one for ya.....a prism/crystal doodad hanging from the rearview mirror in a car set the upholstery on fire resulting in a total loss. The "kicker" is.....the crystal thingy was a promotional gift from the owners car/home insurance company ! Now, go fry some ants !!:D
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we had an assignment to make a spherical glass paperweight at glassblowing camp. when we all had ours on display for critique it charred the picnic table. it was pretty cool to see 15 glass paperweights with jedi beams and smoke trails.:cool:
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What are the odds?! I wonder how long they had been using that bowl before the sun hit it just right?____________________________________________________________
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Roy........in reviewing your past posts one might think you have a lil sumthing sumthing you might want to sell...if not the case then yes its very interesting......and its the poor gold fish you dont read about ....
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