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I had a neighbor two doors down who never cleaned up his dogs business in his backyard. He just put it into a pile. One day he was at work and the dog doo pile burst into flames. Neighbor across the street noticed the smoke ran over and put it out with a hose.
So thankful you caught this and avoided a catastrophe. I have heard stories of hay doing this but not wood chips.
Thanks for the info
The only thing I can think of you know how underbellies of chickens get hot, check your hay that the turkey is sitting on her eggs. Love your new coat.
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Makes forest fires all the time. Especially in cut areas. Composting piles will steam in the winter. Same thing can happen.
Scary stuff.. I don't use woodchips because,around here,there are big roaches that live in it and they then climb into the house.
Contact your local saw mills! They have piles of saw dust and they should know all about this!
Wod chips delivered ought to be spread out then sprayed lightly and turned a few times. Compost needs to be turned daily and when more items added
"Since woodchip is a natural heat insulator, heat cannot escape and will continue to build the longer a pile is left to rest. Once the ignition temperature is reached the risk of spontaneous combustion is extremely high as only oxygen is needed to cause the woodchip to ignite and spontaneously combust."
According to: Woodchip Stock Pile Spontaneous Combustion Early Detection
Thank you for the important life lesson. I want to have a garden in the future. I had no idea this could be a problem.
Be careful with wood chips you can get termites
FIREFIGHTER, Stay away from pitch wood it has a much lower ignition temperature than others. Common pitch wood is pines, spruce, juniper, and cedar but there are more out there.
Put up a sprinkler, and no more smoke.
Yikes!! Also DON'T WANT TO DUMP IN A HOLE. Here in SE Florida, they dig ponds to raise the houses. It's not allowed to fill the pond back up with vegetation, for this reason. A child ran into one and sunk into it, in a VERY short time he sustained sever burns. Even if it doesn't appear to smolder or smoke the decomposition creates Methane.
Another fire hazard is grain dust. One spark and you have an explosion, so if you smoke, don't do it when you're feeding your livestock..
Guess I’m glad it’s 20. Frozen ground. I’ve seen manure piles get pretty hot inside but never seen a fire.
This can also happen with manure and/or sawdust in animal pens if you don't keep them cleaned out well enough. Any manure or even clean sawdust piled against a barn/building can build enough heat to spontaneously combust & burn your building down with your animals in it!
I like how your coat matches those barn cats
My piles on my farm warm up but we’ve not had fire
I am concerned now about my plan to bring a truckload to a suburban home
Compost files can get really hot even grain storages can catch on fire or even creat an explosion.
I told friend never store wet hay in barn it burn down. But creates heat from chemical reaction He laughed. Then barn burnt down
There was a fire in London this summer which started from someone compost heap. The fire destroyed a number of family homes. First time it has happened ever in our country.
That happened in my trash an with grass clippings a few years ago