Mulch spontaneously combusts in El Dorado Hills backyard amid high heat

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024
  • Record-level temperatures played a role in a backyard fire in El Dorado Hills. Spontaneous combustion of mulch is the culprit, and the whole thing was caught on camera.

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  • @AlmaTheSojourner
    @AlmaTheSojourner Год назад +6

    I've seen a pile of mulch smoke while it was snowing, it smoked for weeks while it decomposed.

  • @hollymccurry0132
    @hollymccurry0132 Год назад +4

    Haybales will do this as well. If baled while wet if I remember right

    • @tomsherwood4650
      @tomsherwood4650 Год назад +1

      Yep that apparently is what burned grandads ancient barn down. Decay in hay. And had nothing to do with G. W.

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie Год назад

      Yes, and sometimes silos too.

  • @tomsherwood4650
    @tomsherwood4650 Год назад +1

    The heat does not help but spontanious combustion in decaying matter like that can happen hot cold or middlin. Starts barn fires and nothing to do with weather although moisture from rain can motivate the decay processes as it is bacteria.

  • @jayralston2305
    @jayralston2305 Год назад +5

    I can see this if the colorant on the mulch is flammable

  • @CelaWhitney
    @CelaWhitney Год назад +4

    this is not a new thing. I worked at an almond processing plant once and during harvest the hulls were trucked about thirty miles away to be processed later. they combusted the same way and had to be fought and watered for several weeks so the fire didn't spread to surrounding areas. a big mess.

  • @AhJodie
    @AhJodie Год назад

    Mulch gets hot while breaking down, depending on what is in the fire, but this has happened in silos and barns in the past. Not just because it was hot, but the breakdown action gets hot. I have seen steam in the winter from my pile. I hope this does not cause a panic and people are not allowed to compost. Just be aware and put the pile somewhere where it won't catch anything else on fire.

  • @matthewcurry3565
    @matthewcurry3565 Год назад +4

    Yeah compost and mulch does that. It already gets warm by itself.

  • @UpxSetter
    @UpxSetter 5 месяцев назад

    Manure, Hay-bells, and Mulch will spontaneously combust when piled thick or when it gets too hot. Never put mulch against your house. Use river rock, grass, or turf.

    • @theofficialredneck1603
      @theofficialredneck1603 Месяц назад

      That's what I tell people too is to not put mulch near houses but it's also from it not being watered properly either if you keep it watered it's less likely to happen

  • @persiancucumber9255
    @persiancucumber9255 Год назад +4

    Wow.

  • @LT-ot7yy
    @LT-ot7yy Год назад

    Were you get that mulch a rubber tree. Looks like Tar or something.

  • @DreamWalker_420
    @DreamWalker_420 Год назад +1

    Yeah my neighbor has piles of it in his yard and he won't take care of it, he said I probably have a good looking yard that I should move to a HOA residential area, try to explain to us they could combust and catch fire and I don't want my house to catch on fire,

    • @jeretso
      @jeretso Год назад +1

      There was a news video yesterday of a guy who lost his home insurance because of clutter.

    • @DreamWalker_420
      @DreamWalker_420 Год назад

      @@jeretso thank you for that info

  • @nikushim6665
    @nikushim6665 Год назад

    and this is news?

  • @CatKen-gq1ec
    @CatKen-gq1ec 5 месяцев назад

    Hardwood refinishers got to watch out in their vehicles in these hot days because same thing will happen boom the whole van goes up

  • @kimberlyreaves5321
    @kimberlyreaves5321 Год назад

    Wow!

  • @marie032293
    @marie032293 Год назад +2

    Only in California 😢