I received the same bulletin from Countrywide and was about to post the same picture. I have a Galsow system and have no experience of bottle adapters (neither have I any plans to use them). However, close inspection of the picture of the burnt Hymer reveals a black Gaslow filling point just behind the gas locker door, and below the side repeater light. So I wonder why they were filling a free-standing cylinder? Or perhaps the picture does not in fact represent the "recent incident" referred to in the bulletin, but was used to demonstrate a point?
I am no expert, but it looks to me as though something went wrong with the fridge, or the fridge was running when LPG was escaping from a nearby source and caused it to ignite. Surely one would not refill either a Gaslow, fixed tank or loose bottle with the main valve open, let alone whilst gas appliances were in use.
Still - a timely reminder of the risks of re-filling loose bottles.
Philip
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