Spontaneous combustion

[westphalian]

At my age you go for a pee 3-4 times a night. Got up at 3 this am for a pee, saw 20ft flames coming from the direction my new lawnmower shed. Shouted my son out of bed etc etc, climbed onto the shed roof (made from 1”thick self milled spruce [emoji6]) with my garden hose in my y fronts. Firemen came and put it out.
Verdict?
Compost heap spontaneously combusted. Heard of it with wet canvas and hay stacks but compost heaps???
Eggs, do you mind telling me where you were at 3am this morning?[emoji1345]‍♂️

[woody paul]

Lucky you were up and spotted it.

And had a hose to hand 

[eggsarascal]

29 minutes ago, westphalian said:

At my age you go for a pee 3-4 times a night. Got up at 3 this am for a pee, saw 20ft flames coming from the direction my new lawnmower shed. Shouted my son out of bed etc etc, climbed onto the shed roof (made from 1”thick self milled spruce ) with my garden hose in my y fronts. Firemen came and put it out.
Verdict?
Compost heap spontaneously combusted. Heard of it with wet canvas and hay stacks but compost heaps???
Eggs, do you mind telling me where you were at 3am this morning?‍♂️

I might disagree with you on some subjects... I'm not after BBQ'ing your wife and kids mind.

[Haironyourchest]

Shoulda peed on it...

[westphalian]

I'm lucky if my stream clears my trousers mate.

hopefully the fire destroyed the Russian vine I planted 20 yrs ago which has taken over the hedgerow and several trees

Edited September 25, 2018 by westphalian

[westphalian]

[difflock]

I hope to goodness there were no female fire-fighters present,

cos if they were they will be suffering from PTSD,

based on an extrapolation of your avatar image vis-a-vis your likely  "Y" front clad appearance.

mth

[westphalian]

it was dark and they would have needed an image intensify

[Haironyourchest]

There have been two cases of genuine spontaneous human combustion in Ireland - ruled as such by the state pathologist.

[naturarbo]

3 years ago at home without explanation,

smell of smoke,looked around,found a flower bed with chippings started to burn...

not surprised at all...spontaneous combustion is real,all its needed is heat and wind