Please do a safety check on your sleepers this winter

[iceman16]

i just had the worst night of my life. me and a buddy went out to hang out in the shack last night. right now the shacks on land. we had a couple cold ones and as we went to bed. i know this is my fault and i didnt think it would happen we have done it a million times. had the big buddy heater goin and the tank was cold so i brought it in the shack. all three of us fell asleep. my buddy was on the top bunk and woke up to the house on fire. he got out kicked the heater out and i pushed my girlfriend out the door. as i was gettin ready to get out it got so hot i couldnt do it. i grew the balls and finally jumped through the flames. i just got out of the hopsital. please dont do anything as stupid as i did last night. i almost lost my life my girlfriends and one of my good friends because i was stupid and had the tank in the shack.

iceman

[slipbobbin]

Glad to hear everyone made it out. Live and Learn they say.

[BucksnDucks]

did the tank start on fire or did the shack start the fire?

[chris63]

It sounds like both.He said his buddy kicked the heater outside.Then the girlfriend got pushed out. He was still inside the shack which was on fire.I'm glad you made it out OK!P.s-If you have a stack or vents make sure the mice haven't made nests in there.Even bee/hornet hives can cause trouble.c63

[rcatcherman]

Great to here you all made it out alive, and to say maybe it was good you were not on the ice.

[iceman16]

tell yea the truth it happened so fast all i saw was flames around the door. the heater was on fire and flames were coming out of the tank. thanks everyone i dont think i have ever been so lucky i keep replaying it in my head and kept thinking if the tank would have blown all 3 of us would be good.

iceman

[northernnels]

Ice! glad to hear you all made it out. Last year I has a simallar accident I put the Mr heater in the flip over with the hose under the house. turned on the gas when I got in the house my bobbers was down i caught the fish and released it then went to start the heater. BOOOOM I flipped the house up and kicked the heater thru the goal post. it turned out that the fitting came loose. Please check them each time you use them I will from now on. I had to grow some new eye brows and I ngot a good sun burn out of it. glad to be here. Nels

[team wild]

Thank god everyone is all right you can always replace the house you can never replace a life.

[Dakota Iceman]

I'm confused. How did the fire start? If this was a big buddy something would have had to come in contact with the heat source right? Could the hose have been stiff from being cold and leaned up against the front of the grill and caught fire like that? I keep my tank outside but I have never seen a big buddy burst into flames. Just wondering if there is a better explanation Or does a guy need to worry about flames shooting out of the tank even if it is sitting outside.

[iceman16]

the tank was behind the heater. i think what happened was the hose was leaking and when the vapers went over the heater it started on fire.

iceman

[flyboy10]

They talked about you guys on Kare 11 last night. They said the people in the houses on the lake shore heard the explosion. Yikes. glad your all ok.