Certainly it's a concern. Last February there was a very destructive fire that spread through Umpiem refugee camp in Thailand near where we work:
http://karennews.org/2012/02/breaking-news-fire-at-umpiem-mai-refugee-camp-destroys-1000-houses.html/ I'm not sure if they ever traced the cause, but the thatch-leaf roofs and close proximity of houses led to the rapid spread of the fire. Josh On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Frank Shields <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Stovers, **** > > ** ** > > One thing I have been thinking about…**** > > ** ** > > Lets see - we have an open fire on the floor where the smoke goes up and > through a straw roof. Where the soot and tars condense and collect coating > the straw with an oily like highly flammable coating. There must be roof > fires that are very dangerous and fast burning and where flaming straw > comes falling down. Do they happen? And when they do I would think the > sparks would start other roofs on fire and the entire village would go up > in smoke. And then the scarcity of available water to put them out. I would > think this would be a huge problem but no one ever mentions about the > fires. **** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > Frank**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Frank Shields**** > > Control Laboratories, Inc.**** > > 42 Hangar Way**** > > Watsonville, CA 95076**** > > (831) 724-5422 tel**** > > (831) 724-3188 fax**** > > www.biocharlab.com**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- Josh Kearns PhD Candidate Environmental Engineering Engineering for Developing Communities University of Colorado-Boulder Director of Science Aqueous Solutions www.aqsolutions.org Mobile: 720 989 3959 Skype: joshkearns
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