U-Haul Fire Accident - Burned to the ground
A little info about this slideshow:
We were closing down one of our corporate offices in San Francisco and intended to drive it back to Utah. Along the way, we encountered a slight problem. Next thing we knew, thick black smoke was pouring in the cabin. We got out fairly quickly and waited for help. Nobody got hurt. We unloaded one fire extinguisher on this inferno but it didn’t even make a dent. 20-25 minutes later the F.D. came, but by that point, this was a writeoff. We were literally in the middle of nowhere. This happened at Donner’s pass about 45 minutes west of Truckee, California. The California Highway Patrol was kind enough to give us a ride back to Truckee where we rented a one-way car and went to Reno. From there we got a one-way ticket back to Salt Lake City. We lost our luggage in the fire. To soften the trauma on the 8 year old, we took him bowling. Ironically they gave free socks with the rental of some shoes, which did make us laugh pretty hard.
Insurance did reimburse our loss.
Duration : 0:1:41
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Tags: accident, adventure, burned, destination, devastation, events, fire, log, moving, roadtrip, travel, Truck, u-haul
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Uhaul has the …
Uhaul has the crappiest trucks that are older than the hills you drive them up.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Notice the Penske …
Notice the Penske truck going right on past in the very end…That is why smart people don’t rent from UHell
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
A Ford, No wonder …
A Ford, No wonder why it caught on fire. Fire On Road=Dead
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
thats bullshit a …
thats bullshit a u-haul shouldnt do that…. no matter the trip…… you get your stuff reimbursed?
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
what went wrong …
what went wrong wheth it
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I bet you were …
I bet you were pissed!!
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Yup seen it before …
Yup seen it before in our family. Brilliant rocket scientist genius engineers at Ford were so smart to splice a little rubber piece of hose to the otherwise all-metal fuel line… immediately above the electronic ignition components. You don’t have to be Einstein to figure out exactly where the gas leak came from, and the source of ignition very conveniently engineered right below it. Well done Ford, well done.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Explode, you watch …
Explode, you watch wayyy to many movies my friend.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
see it lit on fire. …
see it lit on fire…plus you don’t get close to a burning vehicle becuase it can oh i don’t know maybe EXPLODE?! and their was like one pic that didn’t have the fire department working on it
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
sad poor poor dc i …
sad poor poor dc i shall never wash you
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
would you like a …
would you like a side of failsauce with that burn?
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
You had plenty of …
You had plenty of time to open the back, take a bunch of pictures, and not take a single piece of luggage out? Obviously looking for that insurance money. Thanks for the high premiums
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
i used 2 do road …
i used 2 do road service for uhaul & can tell you that most of their trucks are pieces of that should have been sold off long ago
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
did any of u get …
did any of u get insurance with the u haul??….hahaha
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
about a year ago my …
about a year ago my truck caught on fire….it was just parked in our driveway and poof! went up in flames…..
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I know your pain …
I know your pain buddy
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
We just lost …
We just lost everything last week…uhaul fire, for those who say why””ruptured fuel line..big boom all gone
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Interesting safety …
Interesting safety philosophy you have; assume it’s hopeless, so don’t even try. That’s great.
What an inspiring person you are.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
yeah what im saying …
yeah what im saying is throwing snow it not going to do a thing because by the time you got the fire out there is still hidden fire.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Auto fires burn …
Auto fires burn real fast? Really?? No kidding!!
Then that would make my question all the more pertinent about whether or not they tried to throw snow on the fire, doesn’t it?
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
dude have you ever …
dude have you ever sen a car or truck fire they burn really fast that uhaul trck was probably gone in 10 minuts
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
i had a problem …
i had a problem like hat but i was towing a car behind it and it poped into first gear and the head gasket blew and cought the car on fire we had to get the car off the truck really quick and pull forword i about my pants
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
he sure didnt chech …
he sure didnt chech the collant
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Somebody didn’t …
Somebody didn’t chech the collant, and drove it while it was overheating and the carberator becomes the Match.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
that sucks
that sucks