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Re: Causes of barn fires


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Posted by rew1953 on December 27, 2020 at 21:57:57 from (70.238.188.56):

In Reply to: Causes of barn fires posted by Dave41A on December 27, 2020 at 18:26:04:

Do not put a lightening protection on the barn. My FIL put a lightening protection system on an equipment storage shed per local code recommendations. The lightening protection system was installed by a licensed electrician. 2 years later, the lightening rods attracted the lightening from a large electrical storm. The result was the storage shed was burned to the ground while they were attending a volunteer fire department meeting. They heard the call come in from a neighbor on the dispatch radio.

The result was the total loss of 7 tractors, 2 round balers (small& large), a new mower/conditioner, a new hay rake, an 8 ft King Kutter rotary tiller, a couple miles of fencing material, 2 tons of horse feed in sacks, and the 250 gal outside elevated diesel storage tank. A huge loss only partially covered by insurance. Like starting over from scratch at 70 years old.

Family and friends donated the use of some tractors and equipment to keep the farm going until at least some of the equipment could be replaced. Thank God farmers are willing to aid other farmers in need or he would have lost the 750 acre farm. Here are a few photos to the destruction.

The fire marshall ruled the fire as the result of a natural lightening strike. It did not help that the storage shed was 20 years old with a dirt floor that absorbed all the fuel spills, and the tractor tires were all loaded with methanol to save costs. That will never happen again.

The newly acquired equipment is now stored in smaller sheds remote from each other with concrete floors. A bit of a pain having equipment stored all over the farm, but much safer. No more lightening protection systems either.












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