[TheForge] Spontanious Combustion

[Chris Worsley]

I was one that stored coal inside in a big plywood bin for about 23 
years and no fire.
As a kid, lived for a while in NYC and our building had a coal bin in 
the basement....more like a coal room. Coal truck with solid rubber 
tires and wood spokes would deliver coal down a chute, fun to watch.
All apartment buildings in the neighborhood were so equipped. No fires.
They are probably hiding something from the insurance co, or just don't 
know how it started.
Monk could tell them, eh?
Chris

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:

>There was a fire yesterday at a local factory in it's coal bin.  The report
>said that they clamed it was spontanious combustion.  As I recall this
>subject came up earlier this year when one of the guys was looking at
>storing coal in his shop.  And it seemed to be the consensus of the group
>that coal would not spontaniously combust.  Is my memory wrong or are they
>trying to blow smoke up our a** to cover up the real cause of the fire.\?
>
>Robert Ehrenberger
>Shelbyville, Mo.
>eforge at centurytel.net
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