Burn baby burn!!!

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Well it went well with the fire

From lighting it up to down on the ground took about 45 minutes. It was cold (until about 20 minutes in then got quite hot) and the wind was blowing in the right direction. Its still probably smoldering a bit in the basement area. We picked up a bunch of the square nails for souveniers!!

This about 5 minutes after starting fire 9:50 am


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The firetruck was moved twice as it got so hot-you kind of forgot it was only 5F outside-esp about 30 minutes into the fire!!
I actually took 45 pictures!! I thought the sun looked so cool with the smoke (I took 5 of that shot!!)
 
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This house on our farm property has been unlived in since the 1960's (I found that out today) While structurally sound the cost to make it habitable was ALOT (no plumbing and limited electricity). We unfortunately have trespassers on our property-the first floor had graffiti (bad stuff) on the walls and there is a liability issue if someone gets hurt. So time to go!!
 

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I gotcha, I wonder how I missed that thread, I musta been sleeping or something.



That fire was cool.
 
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No it was HOT!!!! We had to keep backing away!!
 

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wow, I was wondering about this `planned burn-down´
I thought I´d missed it - great photos - bet some movie company would have loved that !
 

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Wow it goes to show how fast fire spreads! That was pretty cool.
Did you chat up any hot firemen?
 

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Originally Posted by Sailfish

Wow! Those are some imperssive pics. Do you mind if I copy one and show it to some people?
Do you mind if I use one as my desktop?
 
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