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<blockquote data-quote="pickett235" data-source="post: 2070116" data-attributes="member: 10327"><p>I had a propane heater in the garage that I have used for years. It is hard to tell if the heater malfunctioned and caused the fire or if the contents of the metal trash can several feet away ignighted. The heater and the trash can have been in the same place for years. They were both fully involved when I found them. All considering the damage is not too bad considering all of the tools and toys in the garage. If I had waited for the fire department the garage would have been fully involved by the time they could get here. </p><p>I have already replaced the fire extinguishers with 10 pound units instead of 5 pound. If we had just had a smoke detector in the garage I don't think we would have herd it in our bedroom. The detector tied into the security system woke us and two neibors up. </p><p></p><p>Camco Alarms installed and monitors the system that at a minimum saved extensive damage to the house. they were calling the house repeatedly while I was putting the fire out. </p><p></p><p>While I was putting the fire out my wife was hunkered down with the kids thinking that I was struggling with an intruder. She did not know it was a fire at that point. We both thought that someone was breaking in. It never occurred to me that it could be a fire. Looking back the alarm had a different cadence that the burgler alarm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickett235, post: 2070116, member: 10327"] I had a propane heater in the garage that I have used for years. It is hard to tell if the heater malfunctioned and caused the fire or if the contents of the metal trash can several feet away ignighted. The heater and the trash can have been in the same place for years. They were both fully involved when I found them. All considering the damage is not too bad considering all of the tools and toys in the garage. If I had waited for the fire department the garage would have been fully involved by the time they could get here. I have already replaced the fire extinguishers with 10 pound units instead of 5 pound. If we had just had a smoke detector in the garage I don't think we would have herd it in our bedroom. The detector tied into the security system woke us and two neibors up. Camco Alarms installed and monitors the system that at a minimum saved extensive damage to the house. they were calling the house repeatedly while I was putting the fire out. While I was putting the fire out my wife was hunkered down with the kids thinking that I was struggling with an intruder. She did not know it was a fire at that point. We both thought that someone was breaking in. It never occurred to me that it could be a fire. Looking back the alarm had a different cadence that the burgler alarm. [/QUOTE]
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