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12-12-2014, 09:28 AM
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Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
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Dutch Star fire in Indiana
BREAKING NEWS: Motor Home Fire On SR 15 | InkFreeNews
Feeling awful for this guy. Everyone was safe but the DS's a goner. 
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12-12-2014, 09:30 AM
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Wonder what made the slide deploy?
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12-12-2014, 09:46 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
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Shucks. Looks like somebody's new DS won't be delivered by Christmas.
Plate on the back looks a vehicle in-transit plate.
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John & Diann
2014 Dutch Star 4364
2016 Ford Edge Sport
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12-12-2014, 09:47 AM
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Bet the propane was not turned off. How many owners do a monthly fire safety check?
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12-12-2014, 10:13 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club Spartan Chassis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnT
...Plate on the back looks a vehicle in-transit plate.
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That is what I thought too.
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2006 2015 DSDP 4320 4369, FL Chassis, 2013 CR-V 2020 Jeep Overland, Blue Ox Avail, SMI AF1.
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12-12-2014, 10:30 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
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Looks to me like it originated by the rear axle and a good quantity of fuel or oil ran out on the grass. Otherwise the burn would have traveled more in the direction of the wind. Tragic, but if it was a new one being delivered, better now than later.
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2007 Newmar Mountain Aire 4528, 450 HP ISM, Allison 4000, 8 Lifeline AGM's
2019 F250 King Ranch 4x4 Powerstroke - SOLD
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12-12-2014, 10:32 AM
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Newmar Owners Club Winnebago Owners Club Nor'easters Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodgerS
Bet the propane was not turned off. How many owners do a monthly fire safety check?
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Yet another selling point for all electric, if true.
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2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon TOAD
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12-12-2014, 10:41 AM
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Every time I watch an RV fire I think how scary fast they burn. What materials make them burn that way??
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Looking for small Class C, sold Newmar MADP
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12-12-2014, 01:59 PM
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Newmar Owners Club
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Damn. Brand new. Those are such beautiful machines.
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2023 Winnebago ERA 70A
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12-12-2014, 02:04 PM
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Is the propane tank in that part of the DS? I'm not sure it's propane but I can't think of what else it might be other than electrical.
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12-12-2014, 02:25 PM
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Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodgerS
Bet the propane was not turned off. How many owners do a monthly fire safety check?
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The mere fact of the propane valve being on would not cause a fire or explosion. Thousands of RVs travel every day with propane operating. There would have to have been some additional fault or defect, if propane was in fact the cause.
Speculation accomplishes nothing. Smart move is to wait for the facts.
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Fulltimers since June, 2012
2002 Dutch Star 40, Freightliner, Cat 3126, 2004 Element
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12-12-2014, 02:32 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by USMCRET
Damn. Brand new. Those are such beautiful machines.
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 sad a very beautiful coach.
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Clay & Pebble
2012 Providence 42 M. Spartan Chassis, 450 ISL
Ford Edge toad, RM All Terrane, TST TPMS, SMI Air Force One, RVM95....
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12-12-2014, 02:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFXG
The mere fact of the propane valve being on would not cause a fire or explosion. Thousands of RVs travel every day with propane operating. There would have to have been some additional fault or defect, if propane was in fact the cause.
Speculation accomplishes nothing. Smart move is to wait for the facts.
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X2...seems everyone that doesn't agree with using the propane while operating a MH goes right to that when the facts aren't even know. If like mentioned earlier this was a MH being delivered, propane was most likely not an issue, and better that this happened on the delivery drive, rather than after the delivery.
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Mike & Charlotte
2014 Newmar Canyon Star 3610
Orange County, California
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12-12-2014, 02:53 PM
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Location: Henderson, Nevada
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Wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with the Emissions, it's been happening with the Big Trucks including the terrible accident in Northern California with the FedEx Truck that killed all those kids.
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