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    Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 8:02am
The following was on the disboards that someone posted on their trip report about camping at FOrt Wilderness in Walt Disney World.  Hopefully it was not anyone here.

Went through the 800 loop, where there was an R-POD camper right on the corner. We noticed a small wisp of smoke/steam? coming out of the a/c. Trevor & Jordan said "It's probably steam" It kind of nagged at me through the whole loop, but as we came out the other side, a lady jogging by had flagged down a disney worker to check it out, so we drove on. By the time we went through the 900 loop, we heard the sirens! We went back that way just in time to see a worker bust in the door, and the flames inside! I didn't take any pics as I thought that would be tacky. Thank God, no one was in there. I felt terrible thinking of the poor people who were going to come back to that. Later on, there was crime tape roped around it, the next morning it was gone, with just a small pile of ash where it sat. What a bummer!
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 11:41am
Whoa.  Not good.
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Posts: 672 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 2:33pm

It sure would be nice to know the details, just for safety. We have gone out for the afternoon and left the air on low to keep the POD from getting real warm. Now I wonder if that is a wise thing to do.        Goose  Ermm
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Posts: 41 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 2:35pm
I agree, unfortunately, that is all the details I have.
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Posts: 767 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 4:06pm
It sounds like noone was hurt, which is the most important thing.  Hopefully the r-pod's insured.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 4:59pm
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It sounds like noone was hurt, which is the most important thing.  Hopefully the r-pod's insured.
 
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It could have been caused by a number of things and I have not heard of this before, regarding the A/C units.  Hopefully, this is a rare and isolated case.
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Posts: 1214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 7:47pm
   I thought it may not of been the AC but a fire inside and the heat trapped and vented out the roof through the AC. Maybe the fire was started from something else inside the trailer. Does that sound possible what ever it was I hope no person or animal was hurt.     David and Danette
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Posts: 281 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 8:32pm
Originally posted by David and Danette

   I thought it may not of been the AC but a fire inside and the heat trapped and vented out the roof through the AC. Maybe the fire was started from something else inside the trailer. Does that sound possible what ever it was I hope no person or animal was hurt.     David and Danette

I was thinking the same thing.  Perhaps the people left something on the stove and left the camper forgetting to turn the thing off.  I did that at home once not too long ago...I was making steel cut oatmeal for breakfast, which takes forever to cook.  I was planning on taking it with me as we were meeting up with a friend to go see Tron.  I get to the movie theatre, start watching the movie, and realize that my stomach was growling.  I sat there thinking to myself how I shouldn't be hungry as I had oat...crap.  

Thankfully, the oatmeal was on low when we left and the pan was rather cooked when we got back home, but stuff like that can and does happen and can start a fire.  I can remember getting close to home and seeing the house about a mile out still standing.  I would have been crushed if the house burned down, but I'd feel even worse if something happened to the two kitties.

Let's hope that nothing bad happened other than the trailer.  Trailers, like houses, can be replaced.  A life cannot.

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