Motorhome Fire 🔥

[Figaro]

Motorhome Fire in Morrison's Dorset area I believe
Taken from Facebook
Hope there's no injuries

 

[Janine]

Fire at Weymouth petrol station

A fire has broken out at Morrisons petrol station in Weymouth

www.dorsetecho.co.uk

 

[Lenny HB]

More info here. Hope he wasn't filling with LPG as that might make Morrissons stop us from filling.
I wonder if the fridge was running on gas.

Fire at Weymouth petrol station

A fire has broken out at Morrisons petrol station in Weymouth

www.dorsetecho.co.uk

Dam, Janine is faster on the keyboard than me.

 

[Two on Tour]

Filling with LPG ?

 

[Holly's mum]

Very sad for the Motorhome owners and must have been very frightening.

The situation could have been a lot worse happening in the petrol station.

I wonder if they were filling up with gas and had left the fridge on?

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[Langtoftlad]

Isn't diesel difficult to set alight?

 

[Lenny HB]

Isn't diesel difficult to set alight?

Plenty of petrol fumes around.

 

[Lenny HB]

Good news it doesn't appear to have an LPG pump.

 

[Two on Tour]

It was a American Hurricane RV

 

[rb62]

Filling with LPG ?

Doesn't look like it and it doesn't come up on myLPG.eu

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[Two on Tour]

Good news it doesn't appear to have an LPG pump.

Oh yes it does have an LPG pump, it's on the list.

Lpg in Weymouth | Scoot the UK Business Finder

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[Lenny HB]

It was a American Hurricane RV

I think the yanks always run with the fridge on gas which is illegal under construction & use regs.

 

[Phill D]

Just a tiny bit skarry, for all present especially anyone left in the van when it kicked off and where it happened.
Hope no one was injured.

 

[rb62]

Oh yes it does have an LPG pump, it's on the list.

Lpg in Weymouth | Scoot the UK Business Finder

www.scoot.co.uk

According to that list every filling station in Weymouth has LPG

 

[Holly's mum]

Just a tiny bit skarry, for all present especially anyone left in the van when it kicked off and where it happened.
Hope no one was injured.

The news reports say that the occupants got out okay and were not injured but I agree, very scary.

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[Lenny HB]

Oh yes it does have an LPG pump, it's on the list.

Lpg in Weymouth | Scoot the UK Business Finder

www.scoot.co.uk

That is wrong Morrissions say it doesn't.

 

[Two on Tour]

According to that list every filling station in Weymouth has LPG

Yes, it does look a bit plentiful in the area.

 

[Bailey58]

Campervan, campervan! They need educating!

 

[Two on Tour]

Campervan, campervan! They need educating!

Or the usual "caravan" as here .
Maybe not a bad thing calling it a caravan, as it may deflect attention and bad press onto the tuggers rather than MH's.

 

[Wildbill]

Could have been a electrical fault let's not judge the pump ther at is not LPG from what I can see and there dose not appear to be LPG at that stachion
Bill

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[TerryL]

More likely the fridge wasn't turned off and the pilot light ignited fumes - maybe that RV runs on petrol? Some of them do.

A good warning to all motorhomers, both old and new, as to why the gas doesn't (or shouldn't) come on for at least 15 mins after the auto switchover from "en-route electric".

But glad to see no-one hurt - although I bet the insurance claim is going to be something else!

 

[Just smiffy]

Probably got a bit hot paying £1.94 a litre…

 

[scotzsue]

One reason i never leave my fridge on auto when travelling. glad occupants are ok. Caravan opposite me a few years ago went up after a gas leak, was spectacular. Took out the electric post and singed next doors awning and set fire to a tree. Occupants ok apart from minor burns (husband)

 

[Lenny HB]

More likely the fridge wasn't turned off and the pilot light ignited fumes - maybe that RV runs on petrol? Some of them do.

A good warning to all motorhomers, both old and new, as to why the gas doesn't (or shouldn't) come on for at least 15 mins after the auto switchover from "en-route electric".

But glad to see no-one hurt - although I bet the insurance claim is going to be something else!

See my post #12

 

[Dwarfland]

More info here. Hope he wasn't filling with LPG as that might make Morrissons stop us from filling.
I wonder if the fridge was running on gas.

Fire at Weymouth petrol station

A fire has broken out at Morrisons petrol station in Weymouth

www.dorsetecho.co.uk

Dam, Janine is faster on the keyboard than me.

Morrison’s allow you to fill those ‘Safe Fill’ LPG bottles from the pump don’t they?

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[pagey]

I am at Weymouth there is no lpg pump

 

[ChrisL]

Video here, pretty scary.

Terrifying moment camper van bursts into flames at petrol station https://mol.im/a/11064469#v-4788701501458461880 via https://dailym.ai/android

 

[Lenny HB]

Morrison’s allow you to fill those ‘Safe Fill’ LPG bottles from the pump don’t they?

No, we always fill at Morrisons.

 

[poppycamper]

As I said in the other thread on this same incident... why automatically assume it was caused by LPG filling.
Good chance the Yank RV runs on petrol which IMO is just as, if not more dangerous than LPG.
Let's get all the facts before we start speculating and scaremongering over filling LPG.

 

[Vipar]

My daughter in law lives just down the road and was in Morrisons as it happened. She recons stupid having the petrol station at the exit the car park as they had to evacuate leaving their cars behind.

Hope old Mo is ok

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