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Subject:Re: Total loss, RIP
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:28:46 -0500

Sorry to hear about another good van gone. No loss of life is the most important thing. 

Stephen

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> On Feb 21, 2018, at 2:51 PM, steve meassick <stevem@TDHVAC.COM> wrote:
> 
> There should have been propane in the tank, as I had it filled after the last trip of the fall.  I have not checked to see if the tank is still there, is in one piece or has gas in it.  It is still smoldering around the van and in it, so until all that dies down, I am not checking.
> 
> However, we had a 20lb grill type propane tank in the shed and amazingly that was still in one piece even though the fire was hot enough to melt aluminum - the aluminum allow wheels from a Toyota parked right next to the van were just plain gone.  The various windows in the Toyota were melted.
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Edward Maglott
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:39 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Total loss, RIP
> 
> So sorry!  must have been a sickening feeling to see it destroyed.
> 
> It is impressive how much was consumed by the fire.  "I was like where's the interior?"  It's all gone.  I did notice the stainless steel exhaust and intake pipes for the fridge were still there hanging in space.
> wondering if you had propane in the tank?
> 
>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Jennifer Rabbitt < yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Very very sorry.
>> 
>> Jennifer Rabbitt
>> 90 Tintop
>> 
>> On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:34 AM, steve meassick <stevem@TDHVAC.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> This morning our equipment shed burned down with our 87 Westy camper 
>> in it.  It was a total loss.  I had just put it in the shed this 
>> Sunday after doing a bunch of work on it over the winter.  We had it 
>> since new and had a lot of great memories and trips in it ranging from 
>> the great lakes to the Southwest to California to Alaska and Canada.  
>> A bunch of other stuff including tractors and a car we're also 
>> destroyed but this is the only thing I really had an attachment to.
>> 
>> Here are a couple of photos:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds48dnghbx9crvs/20180220_114030.jpg?dl=0
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm5soz24iycefqg/2018-02-20%2011.40.40.jpg?dl
>> =0
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/30vjvuep0o0ri36/2018-02-20%2011.47.53.jpg?dl
>> =0
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Steve
>>

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