Shane
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Well woke up to this morning to the sound of smashing glass, looked out the window only to find that our garage was on fire, ran out to try and save my g/fs mini and her brothers r1.
the culprit to the damage was a cloths dryer
everything can be replaced thank god its just a pisstake really lost all my tools, car cleaning stuff, couple of headunits, amp speakers 
onwards and upwards
[Edited on 14-04-2009 by Shane]
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Nick-S
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that sucks arse
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Mark330d
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ooft harsh mate, house insurance not cover it all though?
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RCoughtrie
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fucking hell
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Shane
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yer it will do i should imagine, still just rather have my stuff still though
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C2RL R
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jesus! lucky you caught it in time before the petrol tanks got burned.
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*JonnyG*
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
jesus! lucky you caught it in time before the petrol tanks got burned.
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Chris x
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
jesus! lucky you caught it in time before the petrol tanks got burned.
Agreed.
Can they be fixed? Or are they all write offs?
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sxibeast
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did you manage to save the mini and the R1? I cant see pics at work
Sorry to hear everything else went up though
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Shane
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
jesus! lucky you caught it in time before the petrol tanks got burned.
the g/f had filled the tank on the mini last night aswel lol, at most it will be a cat C its mostly cosmetic damage to the car and the bike
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Whittie
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Really bad luck mate. Bet you were gutted
A friend of mine has just had his R33 GT-R skyline and R1 bike wiped out by a fire in his garage. As it's a rented garage they weren't insured.
Look on the brightside, at least you have insurance 
[Edited on 14-04-2009 by Whittie]
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mattk
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Thats fucking tragic, gutted for you
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Graham88
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That must be very annoying. Hope it all gets sorted!
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sand-eel
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Just as well you caught it in time, did you take a hose to the fire yourself?
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lostboy
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Cloths driers burst into flames?  Wont be leaving mine on overnight again.
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sand-eel
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That happened to the drier at my work also, the things are dodgy.
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Shane
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
Just as well you caught it in time, did you take a hose to the fire yourself?
tried to but i think we only managed to slow it down abit, but also called the fire brigade they can defo do a better job than i can lol, also got some free smoke alarms for the house
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alan-g-w
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Originally posted by sand-eel
That happened to the drier at my work also, the things are dodgy.
Yup, apparently it's the 'oose' (fluffy stuff that gets caught by the filter) that causes them to heat up. And that stuff's like tinder for catching fire.
Only reason I know that is because there was a special on the 1 show about this exact thing last week 
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flybikeslee
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bad times
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Shane
also got some free smoke alarms for the house
If there was ever a good way to look at it.....
Bad sense of humour
R1 doesn't look too bad, just depends if it's melted some wiring.
[Edited on 14-04-2009 by Graham88]
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_Allan_
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Was it a Hotpoint? 
Sorry to hear that Shane anyway, at least all is insured. Hope her brother is understanding 
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nathy_87
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What a bummer. Got one of these in our bathroom , think i'm going to move it.
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14LS
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Bloody hell mate genuinely sorry to see that.
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DannyB
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That's bad, atleast your insurance will cover it. Just be glad the dryer wasnt in the house, could have been a lot worse.
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Sunz
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Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
What a bummer. Got one of these in our bathroom , think i'm going to move it.
Bathroom is always a great place for electrical appliances
There was something on the BBC yesterday about tumble dryers saying you must clean the filters otherwise then can catch on fire.
Wasen't certain models either, just all!
In a way your lucky that you have a garage and it was in their.
I had a fire in my house 2 years ago, scary but also annoying how long the insurance companys can take, took 7 months to get back home.
Poor mini
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