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I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

So thursday morning around 2am, my girlfriend woke me up because the people next door where outside yelling. So I open the blinds and see this.


This is the view from my back yard.




heres the house that caused it.



By the way The Denton Record Chronicle actually printed one of my pictures on the front page today.

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #1 –
That first pic almost looks like a mushroom cloud...

Hopin' nobody was hurt, or worse...
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #2 –
Man... That was a bad fire.
~Project ThunderStorm = '84 Charcoal Thunderbird - First Car - Long Time Work in Progress~
~Project (No Name Yet) = 1970 Plymouth GTX/RR "Clone"~

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #3 –
/me cues Talking Heads
1979 Ford Fairmont
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5.0L/4R70W/8.8"/5-lug/3" Exhuast

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #4 –
Check your smoke detector batteries people, and make a plan on how to get out in case of a fire. Believe it or not, people die every year sitting upright in their beds, listening to their smoke detectors, but because they never planned on what to do, when they panicked, they didn't do anything!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
"as if 'religion' were something God invented, and not His statement to us of certain quite unalterable facts about His own nature." -C.S. Lewis

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #5 –
Wow, that was a bad fire. I'm guessing everyone got out ok so that's good.
Matt
1984 Thunderbird - 89 302 HO, GT40 heads w/ Trick Flow springs, E303 cam, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake and 600 cfm 4bbl, Mustang headers, Jegs o/r H pipe, Dynomax lers, Mustang AOD and shifter, Mustang 8.8 w/ 3.73s, 3G alternator, Mustang front and rear sway bars, KYB 87-88 Turbo Coupe shocks and struts, and 11" front brakes.

1988 Mustang GT - GT40 heads, Explorer intake, 70mm throttle body, 70mm MAF, Crane 1.7 rrs, E303 cam, Kirban Kwik shifter w/ Pro 5.0 deluxe handle, aluminum clutch quadrant and firewall adjuster, o/r h pipe, Dynomax lers, 3G alternator, aluminum radiator, and 3.27 gears.
 
1986 Cougar 5.0, 1989 Mark VII LSC 5 speed, 1980 Mercury Zephyr 4 door (sold)

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #6 –
Whew...that one looks like it was pretty close. Great pics though. When i was like 14 or 15 a local paper mill went up in flames. It was between a 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile from my house and you could see the flames like that. My wifes parents house burnt to the ground in 03. hundred and fifty year old house. Balloon type construction home. It was a huge very fast moving fire. Nobody was hurt thankfully.
:america: 1988 Thunderbird Sport, Former 4.6 DOHC T56 conversion project.

Rest of the country, Welcome to Massachusettes. Enjoy your stay.

 
Halfbreed... Mango Orange Y2K Mustang GT
FRPP complete 2000 Cobra engine swap, T56 n' junk...
~John~

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #7 –
Quote from: 32VFoxBird;298758
/me cues Talking Heads

*sigh* :rolleyes: I hate you. I hate you forever lol. I'll be seeing you in hell that's for sure, after that.
 
Come onnn dude it was someones house!
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #8 –
Wow. Was there a natural gas explosion? A house two blocks down from my parents had a natural gas leak and exploded. It had a big orange mushroom cloud like that too. The house was gone though. It also took out half of the houses on either side of it. No one in the other two houses was hurt but the elderly couple in the house that blew up ended up dying.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #9 –
Everyone's got those carbon-monoxide detectors...I kinda feel like they ought to start making natural gas alarms too. :(
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #10 –
When I was a kid, in a town about 20 miles away, there lived an elderly lady, alone.

One day she apparently turned on a light, and set off a gas leak.
They never found anything left of her bigger than soccer ball.

Graphic, yes, yes it was.

Check your detectors, and furnaces, if gas fueled. Better yet, let a pro check 'em. Live to see another day.

Once about every 5-10 years someone here dies from a gas leak, fire, or the like. It's a -near preventable thing, too. :mad:
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #11 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;298802
Everyone's got those carbon-monoxide detectors...I kinda feel like they ought to start making natural gas alarms too. :(


I believe they do, but they're called "explosive gas" detectors.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
"as if 'religion' were something God invented, and not His statement to us of certain quite unalterable facts about His own nature." -C.S. Lewis

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #12 –
It was  close fellas. The only thing between that house and mine is a two lane black top and a field of wild grass.  I was a bit worried it was going to make it to my house till Denton police and Fire showed up in full force.
 

I woke up to this Thursday at 2am

Reply #13 –
Were there any injuries and/or casualties?
2003 Marauder 300B
1996-97 Cobra wheel straight but weathered (For Sale)
84 TC manual shifter handle no  (For Sale)

BTW, I had a 1988 T-Bird Sport way back when. I found out that it was totalled shortly after trading it in. It still has the ignition switch recall to date.

Special thanx to EricCoolCats for showing me to this site.:bowdown: