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Leylandii for burning?
On 27 Jan, 20:01, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote: What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? geat for bonfires, even when freshly cut, I'll tell you a tale about that. I felled 6 leylandii whilst on leave once. The day I was supposed to be rejoining the ship I spent the morning burning the last of the branches. I was in a hurry, and threw a big pile on the fire, from which the volatiles were obviously evaporating. I then threw a second bundle on, which disturbed the equilibrium and caused the vapour to ignite. There was a huge fireball - a flash burn - that lasted a second or so, and when it was over my glasses were irretrevabley frosted and all my hair and beard had burned off. I was otherwise unharmed, although the smell of burning hair inside my nose persisted for a week. I had to go straight to the ship with a slightly pink face and no hair of any sort. |
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Leylandii for burning?
On 29 Jan, 07:51, bobharvey wrote:
There was a huge fireball - a flash burn - I posted the E-type Jag story ages ago... |
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Leylandii for burning?
bobharvey wrote:
On 27 Jan, 20:01, "george [dicegeorge]" wrote: What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? geat for bonfires, even when freshly cut, I'll tell you a tale about that. I felled 6 leylandii whilst on leave once. The day I was supposed to be rejoining the ship I spent the morning burning the last of the branches. I was in a hurry, and threw a big pile on the fire, from which the volatiles were obviously evaporating. I then threw a second bundle on, which disturbed the equilibrium and caused the vapour to ignite. There was a huge fireball - a flash burn - that lasted a second or so, and when it was over my glasses were irretrevabley frosted and all my hair and beard had burned off. I was otherwise unharmed, although the smell of burning hair inside my nose persisted for a week. I had to go straight to the ship with a slightly pink face and no hair of any sort. That'll teach you not to garden au naturelle... -- Rusty |
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