On Dec 2, 9:25*pm, Home Guy wrote:
worker bee wrote:
For about five years, I've been in an unfriendly situation with my
nearest neighbor
Tony Hwang wrote:
Hmmm
60 gal. of gas is more tan a big drumful.

Which got me thinking: *You'd better clear-out all that gas, because the
next step your neighbor is likely to take is to throw a cigarette at it.

We once had a fire started near our garage by an unknwon arsonist. The
fire threatened two homes [ours & adjoining neighbor's] took out two
buildings [including our garage] and three trees 40+ ft high trees
with trunks so big two people would have to join arms to surround the
trunks. The flames were 60 to 80 feet in the air and photos made
national coverage. The fire was so involved one could easily get 3rd
degree burns being near it. In other words, BIG FIRE! Inside the
garage on a shelf was a metal, federally approved, 5 gallon gasoline
container half full of petrol. The car in the garage was totaled, the
paint all over the can burnt black and peeled off, but that can, and
its contents, remained intact! The firemen were VERY skittish about
its presence. So now I'm convinced to ALWAYS buy and use METAL fuel
storage containers, those things work!

Footnote on the garage damage the garage was originally built for
Model T, pre code construction, all redwood. The fire damaged the
building so much it was of cousre condemned as dangerous, labeled such
and the cost/burden to destroy the structure fell upon me. I hired a
worker skilled at demolition and it took him TWO DAYS to dismantle the
building, it was holding together that well. Probably could have
simply shingled over the roof and used it for another 80 years. Oh
well.