Our farm shop burnedin 1976. I reloaded there. Had one workbench devoted to equipment with gunpowder stored on a shelf underneath.
I went in the door 40' from the front. That part was all on fire. I was wanting to get my beagle dog out. He shot out the door. The loaded ammunition was popping, but that was all.
The real excitement was the cutting torch bottles. We used propane instead of acetylene. The propane bottle was one of the 100# styles. When it went, the top of the tank split, it sounded like a jet engine. I was trying to get into the shed side of the shop when it went. Then the oxygen tank went and the whole side of the shop turned white hot instantly. But I was pretty busy running then.
Gene
PS. local firefighter did get hit in the leg by a .22 that was loaded in the gun and laying under a bed. Minor wound, but it did happen.
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Today's Featured Article - More Memories of a Field Service Engineer - by Brian Dye. Introduction: The author worked for one of the largest Ford tractor dealerships in England as a trouble-shooter on tractor engines, hydraulics and combine harvesters from 1963 to 1972. In 1972 he became a dealer manager and finally left the dealer net in 1975 to run his own electronic design and manufacturing company. [Editor] We live right in the middle of Norfolk. The dealership that I worked for sold Fordson Tractors from the 1920's and some of t
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