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Disco fire
Some poor lost their Disco today
I was driving up the M77 I think it was, on my way to Kilmarnock when on the other carriageway there was a smoldering disco and caravan, fire brigade in attendance but the Disco was gone, just a burnt shell
caravan looked ok from what could be seen
Hope everyone was ok, feel sorry for them
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17th Apr 2017 7:21 pm
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What a waste
Likewise, hope everyone's okay!
17th Apr 2017 7:25 pm
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This seems to be happening a lot, what is the weak point on the disco that causes it.
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17th Apr 2017 9:12 pm
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The caravan!
17th Apr 2017 9:16 pm
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Disco fire
Hi, this was some friends of ours coming home from there first weekend away with the caravan. Fully loaded with 2 kids etc. They are all ok, caravan survived. Apparently they've said it was caused by a dodgy phone charger plugged into the 12v socket that caused it. Car was a d3. Cheers Rog.
17th Apr 2017 10:14 pm
Red Merle
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Oh dear That's really nasty, good to hear they're all okay though.
It was hot enough for the bonnet to disappear then
18th Apr 2017 5:39 am
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Just read another post and the bonnet is alloy.
Im no fire expert but is seems strange that the front of the car is totally wiped out if the fire started in the cabin?
18th Apr 2017 6:44 am
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The passenger cell including the roof is high strength steel, wings bonnet doors skins all alloy, so they will burn.
18th Apr 2017 6:53 am
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Although it does look like the fire started in the engine bay. Could have been fuel leak, or possibly alternator short out, but I don't know how much effort the fire brigade would put into finding the exact problem?
18th Apr 2017 6:56 am
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Re: Disco fire
Jakeryannancy wrote:
Hi, this was some friends of ours coming home from there first weekend away with the caravan. Fully loaded with 2 kids etc. They are all ok, caravan survived. Apparently they've said it was caused by a dodgy phone charger plugged into the 12v socket that caused it. Car was a d3. Cheers Rog.
Interesting you say that. There has been an instance at work where a charger started a smal fire on a vessel. Luckily it was contained quickly etc. It was put down to a dodgy charger. The one in question was a dodgy eBay copy, not a genuine charger. We have been told to only use OEM charging equipment no onwards.
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18th Apr 2017 7:02 am
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Re: Disco fire
Jakeryannancy wrote:
Hi, this was some friends of ours coming home from there first weekend away with the caravan. Fully loaded with 2 kids etc. They are all ok, caravan survived. Apparently they've said it was caused by a dodgy phone charger plugged into the 12v socket that caused it. Car was a d3. Cheers Rog.
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18th Apr 2017 7:03 am
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Apparently a large proportion of house fires are due to phone and I pad chargers. Along with tumble dryers.
18th Apr 2017 8:26 am
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Lot of coverage a couple of years back on dodgy copy phone charges start house fires - first time I've heard about a car one though ?
18th Apr 2017 8:42 am
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It is often copy chargers and not just for phones but we also see a lot of issues with batteries going pop and catching fire whilst on chargeMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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