A Texas RV storage fire called for fire crews from two different Texas counties. In the end, the catastrophic fire devoured dozens of RVs.
The fire at Allsorts Storage in Brenham broke out Wednesday evening and burned for several hours.
A huge, black smoke plume rose several hundred feet in the air, alerting area residents to the size of the fire.
First reports of the fire off Highway 36 came in near six p.m. By eight, fire crews shut down the roadway near the facility.
Dozens of RVs devoured in Texas RV storage fire
Firefighters struggled with the intensity of the blaze, made all the worse by exploding propane containers associated with the doomed rigs.
In the end, fire personnel got the inferno under control. The final tally showed 27 RVs were destroyed, and another six sustained “heat damage.”
Investigators are trying to find the cause of the fire.
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Thank you, Russ and Tina! 🙂 How awful for all concerned; for those who lost RVs, for those whose RV was damaged, but especially for the firefighters who had to contend with explosions in addition to the flames! 🤔😯🙁 Thanks again, have a great day, safe travels, and safe stays! 🙂
Repeat Neal’s thoughts, and thankful that there were no injuries or worse reported.
I’ve often wondered how many rv’s are upside down and are “sold “ back to the insurance companies . I see some that were bought during COVID and haven’t been moved in 2 years
I feel sorry for all the RVs that had great hopes of travel and fun adventures and after the first year or two spend the next 20 parked rotting until the wheels fall off.
I had a thought that if I owned an RV storage lot it would be a requirement that you had to take the RV off the lot at least once a year.
I would (with legal advice) have a clause that if you failed to pay space rent and/or take it out once a year after 6 months ownership goes to the storage facility.
Crazy? Yep a little.
Packed in like sardines, not much hope to stop the fire. Stopping the spread might be the goal.
Insurance, anyone?
lithium batteries burst into flames in cars and scooters.
Maybe perhaps this is the cause.
The lithium batteries you are talking about are Lithium ion batteries. The batteries that are used in Rv’s are Lithium Iron Phosphate, these are much safer.
I hope they keep track of this and report the cause. Why I like having my RV parked at my house.